New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 5 decided to issue a whip to party Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Uttar Pradesh to vote against confidence motion moved by Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the state Assembly on September 8.

The decision to issue the whip was taken at a meeting of the BJP top brass, including Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and party president M Venkaiah Naidu, Prabhari (in-charge) for the BJP state unit Kalraj Mishra said.

PTI