New Delhi : Hours after publicly praising Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal was expelled from the party for alleged anti-party activities. Pooja Pal lauded the Chief Minister in the assembly, saying his policies in Prayagraj ensured justice for women and that he acted against criminals like Atiq Ahmed, who she accused of killing her husband.
An official expulsion letter, signed by SP National President Akhilesh Yadav and dated 14 August 2025, cited her “anti-party activities” and “serious indiscipline” as reasons for her removal. Pooja Pal did not cease her activities, causing “considerable harm to the party.”
After her expulsion, Pooja Pal said, “Perhaps you could not hear the women in Prayagraj who were even more worried than me. But I am their voice.” She added that she had been elected to speak for mothers and sisters who lost loved ones and that the Chief Minister had delivered justice to all affected by Atiq Ahmed, not just her.
“I have been saying this from day one, even when I was in the party. I stand by my statement even today. I became an MLA later, but I was first a victim woman, a wife We could not stand the incident that occurred to us. They speak of PDA. I, too, belong to a backward community; I was troubled. I stepped out of my house after my husband was killed in broad daylight.
Her remarks triggered sharp reactions within the Samajwadi Party. Chief Whip Kamaal Akhtar described her statement as a personal matter, adding that if she disagreed with the party, she should not have remained in it.