Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav expelled MLA Pooja Pal from the party after she praised UP CM Yogi Adityanath for eliminating gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. Reacting to the expulsion, Pooja said, "My husband was murdered in broad daylight when I was a newlywed bride...CM Yogi gave me justice." "I stand by my statement...I became...MLA later, but I'm...victim woman first," she added.