Cong’s Aditi Singh, others defy boycott in UP assembly

Lucknow: The Opposition in Uttar Pradesh, which boycotted the marathon 36-hour Assembly session, has been betrayed by its own Legislators.
The biggest jolt was suffered by the Congress when its Legislator Aditi Singh not only attended the Assembly session, but even gave a speech in which she sang paeans to the Chief Minister and the State government.
Aditi Singh, who represents the Rae Bareli (Sadar) Assembly seat, also absented herself from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s silent march earlier in the day.
When asked, she said, “My concern is for the people of my constituency. I am an educated Legislator and will do what I feel is right.” This is not the first time that Aditi Singh has embarrassed the Congress. She openly came out to support the abrogation of Article 370.
Aditi, incidentally, is known to be close to the Gandhi family and Priyanka had flown down from Delhi to offer condolences when her father and former Legislator Akhilesh Singh passed away in August.