Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who has been a vocal critic of the amended Citizenship Act, has suspended party MLA Ramabai Parihar for supporting the law amid widespread protests across the country. "If discipline is broken, immediate action is taken against MPs and MLAs of the party," she tweeted. The development comes after the lawmaker from Patharia assembly seat in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the pitch for CAA.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who has been a vocal critic of the amended Citizenship Act, has suspended party MLA Ramabai Parihar for supporting the law amid widespread protests across the country. "If discipline is broken, immediate action is taken against MPs and MLAs of the party," she tweeted. The development comes after the lawmaker from Patharia assembly seat in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the pitch for CAA.