Lucknow: Five MLAs, including an Independent, on August 27 met Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri and gave a letter to him extending support to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in government formation in the state.

The MLAs, in the letter, said holding of fresh elections would be against the interest of the state and the leader of the single largest party in the Assembly should be invited to form government.

The legislators who called on the Governor were R K Chaudhary (Lok Parivartan Dal), Ram Govind Chaudhary (Samajwadi Janata Party), Kaushal Kishore (Rashtrawadi Communist Party), Dinanth Kushwaha (National Loktantrik Party) and Ram Nath (Independent).

PTI