The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday night expelled nine of its party leaders who have filed their nominations for the upcoming Assembly e...
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday night expelled nine of its party leaders who have filed their nominations for the upcoming Assembly elections on a Lok Janshakti Party ticket, NDTV reported. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi also clarified that the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar was fractured as the LJP was no longer a part of the alliance.
BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal expelled the nine leaders for six years for their “anti-party activities”, according to The Hindu. The leaders are Rajendra Singh , Usha Vidyarthi, Rameshwar Chaurasia, Mrinal Shekhar, Ravindra Yadav, Shweta Singh, Indu Kashyap, Anil Kumar and Ajay Pratap.
“You all are contesting the elections against NDA candidates and it tarnishes not only NDA’s impression but of [the] party as well and this is against party’s discipline…so, for anti-party activities you all are expelled from the party for six years,” Jaiswal said in a letter to the expelled leaders.
In a significant political development, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party on October 4 had walked out of the National Grand Alliance over “ideological differences” with Janata Dal (United), but said it would remain a “strong partner” of the BJP and fight against Nitish Kumar. Chirag Paswan’s LJP is a member of the NDA at the Centre and his...
