Thirteen Bahujan Samaj Party legislators in Uttar Pradesh submitted their resignation hours before a Cabinet reshuffle being effected by Chief Minister Mayawait on Tuesday.
Four members of the newly formed Akhil Bharatiya Congress Dal, a group of eight legislators who split from the Congress, will be inducted into the Cabinet.
With this the tally of the BSP in the House will reach 103.
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