Lucknow: In another setback to Congress, party MLA from Harchandpur, Rakesh Singh, defied the boycott call and attended the special session of UP Assembly on Thursday. Singh is the brother of rebel Congress MLA Dinesh Singh. The brother-duo come from Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli.

Hailing PM

and CM

as Mahatma Gandhis of present times, Rakesh Singh demanded a rule which will allow MLAs to attend sessions even if their parties boycott them.

"If parties have problems with government's policies they should come to the House and discuss them," said Singh.