Lucknow, July 30 (TIWN) The Congress is preparing to challenge the decision of the chairman of the UP Legislative Council, Ramesh Yadav, who has dismissed the Congress petition seeking disqualification of Dinesh Pratap Singh, a rebel Congress MLC from Rae Bareli.

Vidhan Parishad chairperson Ramesh Yadav ruled in favour of Dinesh Singh on the grounds that the evidence submitted against him was not maintainable and that the person who filed the petition Deepak Singh was not an authorised member of the Congress and was not present when the incidents referred to in the petition took place. Dinesh Singh had won the MLC election on the Congress symbol in 2016, but in 2018 he rebelled against the party and joined BJP.

He then contested the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections as a BJP candidate against Congress national president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareilly. In a letter to Yadav on Tuesday, Deepak Singh challenged Yadav’s decision to not recognise him as an authorised Congress member. “You made me take oath as a Congress MLC on July 23, 2016. On September 7, 2016, you recognised me as the party whip. On May 14, 2018, you recognised me as leader of the Congress legislative party. It is very unfortunate, however, that in your decision taken on Monday, you didn’t acknowledge me as an authorised person of the Congress,” Deepak Singh said.