After the split, Congress ministries were dividing everywhere in the country. The situation in UP was no different. The Deputy CM, Kamlapathi Tripathi, resigned along with 8 members of Gupta’s cabinet, pledging faith to Mrs. Gandhi’s leadership. The Gupta ministry was a leaky vessel, losing members every coming day to defections. Charan Singh took this opportunity to alert the Governor of Gupta’s doubtful majority in the Assembly, further saying it was only proper for him to resign at the latest. C.B. Gupta further prorogued the UP Assembly in a bid to regain power over this unruly political situation and Singh was compelled to write to the President for assistance. Gupta had erroneously claimed that the Assembly had no official business to meet, which was contradicted by reports from the Opposition. Public interest had already sufficiently suffered as many member and non-member bills had lapsed. In the ensuing power struggle between the old Congress and Indira Gandhi’s Congress (R), BKD stood firm. In a resolution passed during the 20th meeting of the national executive, it advised both the Congress parties to dissolve themselves as this would facilitate a healthier political ethos in the country.