NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh MLA Pooja Pal, who was expelled from Samajwadi Party, met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.This comes days after Pal was shown exit gate after she praised Adityanath inside state assembly for his zero-tolerance policy against crime.Pooja Pal, whose husband Raju Pal was allegedly shot dead by gangster Atiq Ahmed’s associates, said that the UP CM delivered justice through policies like zero tolerance, which ultimately led to the elimination of criminals such as Atiq Ahmed.”Everyone knows who murdered my husband (Raju Pal). I want to thank the chief minister for bringing me justice and hearing me when nobody else did. The CM gave justice to many other women like me in Prayagraj by bringing in policies like zero tolerance that led to the killing of criminals like Atiq Ahmed. Today, the entire state looks at the CM with trust,” she had said.”Mere pati ke hatyare Atiq Ahmed ko Mukhya Mantri ne mitti mein milaane ka kaam kiya’ (The chief minister has buried my husband’s murderer Atiq Ahmed),” she added.Hours later, Samajwadi Party expelled Pal for “indulging in anti-party activities and displaying indiscipline.”Your anti-party activities have been noted, and despite repeated cautions, you continued these actions, causing considerable damage to the party,” a party circular read. “The actions carried out by you are anti-party in nature and constitute serious indiscipline. You are hereby expelled from the Samajwadi Party with immediate effect and removed from all party positions. You will no longer be allowed to participate in any party events or meetings, nor will you be invited to them,” it added.BSP MLA Raju Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj in 2005, just days after marrying Pooja Pal.Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case, was also killed in February 2023 in Prayagraj’s Sulem Saray area, where assailants fired multiple rounds and hurled bombs at him and his security team. The prime accused in the case, Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad, have been arrested by the police. However, on the night of April 15, 2023, they were shot dead in Prayagraj by men posing as press personnel while being taken for a medical examination.
