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Mulayam elected leader, is hopeful
By Our Special Correspondent

The Samajwadi Party president, Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has been elected leader of the legislative party, with the party general-secretary, Amar Singh, in Lucknow on Tuesday. - Photo: Subir Roy

LUCKNOW, FEB. 26. The Samajwadi Party (SP) leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav, today said that the Uttar Pradesh Governor, Vishnu Kant Shastri, would honour democratic traditions by inviting him to form the next Government in the State.

Talking to newspersons after being formally elected leader of the Samajwadi Legislature Party, Mr. Yadav said that as the largest single party in the State Assembly, the SP should be called to form the next government. He cited the case of 1996 when A.B. Vajpayee was invited to form the government as leader of the largest single party in the then Lok Sabha.

However, if the Governor did not call him on his own he would go to meet him to stake his claim after the constitution of the new Assembly, Mr. Yadav said. This could be tomorrow or the day after, he added.

Mr. Yadav, however, said that he would not take any list of MLAs. A majority support to the Government could be proved on the floor of the Assembly in keeping with past rulings by courts.

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