The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said that the viral video Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Bidhuna Vinay Shakya s daughter Riya Shakya claiming that her father was taken forcibly to Lucknow by her uncle for personal politics is baseless.
A bed-ridden Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA - among five lawmakers who quit the ruling party yesterday ahead of elections next month - has been forced to issue a statement after his daughter alleged he had been 'kidnapped' by his brother.
After a 12-hour drama where allegations flung from one corner to another, BJP MLA Vinay Shakya has said that he would go with Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned from the council of ministers. Shortly after Maurya quit the cabinet, a list of legislators who would go with him started doing the rounds on Tuesday and Vinay Shakya's name started doing the rounds. Later in the night,
BJP MLA from Bidhuna, Vinay Shakya has refused his daughter's claim about his kidnapping and clarified that he is with Swami Prasad Maurya and will join the Samajwadi Party.
After a 12-hour drama where allegations flung from one corner to another, BJP MLA Vinay Shakya has said that he would go with Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned from the council of ministers.