Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday late night expelled its 40 leaders and party workers allegedly for not following party’s line across 37 Assembly seats in Maharashtra.
The moves comes after several rebel candidates filed their nominations in the state after being denied ticket by the party. BJP however has claimed to have pacified most of these rebels but few of them remained defiant.
In its official statement, BJP said these party leaders and workers were expelled for ‘not following’ party discipline and ‘breaking it.’
Mahayuti alliance announces key promises in Maharashtra
In another poll-related development in the state, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced ten key promises of the Mahayuti alliance’s manifesto. Some of the key announcements include hike the aid under Ladki Bahin scheme to Rs 2,100 and induction of 25,000 women police personnel. Another key promise being the farm loan waiver. Assembly elections in Maharashtra are scheduled to be held on November 20.
Speaking at a rally of the alliance, Shinde said the detailed manifesto will be released soon. Deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were also present in the rally.
BJP expels 30 rebels in Jharkhand
In a similar action against the rebels, BJP had announced to expel its 30 leaders in Jharkhand on Tuesday. The rebels were removed from the party after they announced to contest as Independent candidates against party nominees in the upcoming state elections.
All the rebel BJP leaders have been expelled for six years.
“Thirty rebel BJP leaders were expelled from the party for six years for filing nominations and contesting against the authorised candidates by defying the party’s policies,” the statement said.
Some of the prominent names who were expelled include – Among Chandrma Kumari from Palamu, Kumkum Devi from Hazaribag, Banke Bihari from Hazaribag, Chitranjan Sao from Bokaro, Juli Devi from Dumka, Balwant Singh from Latehar, Arvind Singh from Kharswan and Hazari Prasad Sahu.
