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UP legislative council rejects SC, ST amendment bill 24 Jul 2007, 1853 hrs IST,PTI LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Tuesday rejected the UP Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commission (Amendment) Bill besides referring three other bills to a select committee of the house. The Samajwadi Party, with 38 members in the 100-member Upper House, questioned the need for tabling these bills and pressed for a lobby division. The bill was rejected by a voice vote. The SP members also succeeded in getting three other bills -- UP Higher Education Services Commission (Amendment) Bill, UP Agriculture Production Market (Amendment) Bill and Dr Bhim Rao Samajik Parivartan Sthal (Conservation and Upkeep) Bill -- referred to a select committee of the House alleging that these were tabled to oblige BSP workers. BSP has 14 members in the house.
