Overview

• Pooja Pal alleges the Samajwadi Party and the Saifai family shielded her slain husband Raju Pal’s killers, while she credits the BJP government with securing punishment.
• She claims caste bias inside the Samajwadi Party that treats backward communities and Dalits as second-class while favoring Muslims.
• The MLA reports online abuse and death threats from SP workers and says she fears being targeted like her husband.
• Her expulsion followed praise for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the Assembly and allegations of cross-voting for a BJP Rajya Sabha candidate, which she contrasts with what she calls SP double standards.
• After her ouster, she met Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, meetings that have prompted speculation about her next political move.