Click to play videoNew Delhi: Mayawati may have survived the bee attack at her maharally on Monday, but it has stung one of her closest confidantes.
Vijay Shankar Pandey, additional cabinet secretary to Mayawati is booted out with immediate effect.
Though no official reasons has been given, sources say Pandey has been made to pay the price for the negative coverage of Mayawati's Monday rally.
Pandey was incharge of the state information department though the rally had been organised by the BSP yet Mayawati has directed her anger towards him with TV channels repeatedly showing the images of her being garlanded by currency notes.
Out of the CM's office, attempts are on in full swing to cool her tempers. So an FIR has been lodged against unknown persons for the bee attack at her rally which the UP police now figures out could have led to a stampede.
the UP police has even consulted horticulture experts on the issue and is taking the investigations further.
For the moment though, they seem to be banking on the age old saying that if there is smoke or bees as in this case...there has to be fire somewhere
After BSP's Karnataka unit chief YN Sharma's removal for speaking without permission on the notes controversy, Pandey is the second high profile casualty of BSP's rally.
The focus though remains on the two garlands, one worth Rs 21 lakh and the other Rs 18 lakh, both of which are under the IT scanner now.
Vijay Shankar Pandey a 1978 UP Cadre will be replaced by Shailesh Krishan for the additional cabinet secretary's post.
Meanwhile, sources say Pandey and Cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh have been at loggerheads for a long time. The incident is being seen as a victory for Singh.
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