One Day After Expelling 30 Leaders in Jharkhand, BJP Ousts 40 in Maharashtra

In a stunning development, the Maharashtra BJP unit expelled 40 of its workers and leaders of the party in 37 Assembly constituencies. The action came a day after the outfit expelled 30 leaders in Jharkhand.
Workers and leaders were thrown out for not following the discipline of the party and also wanted to create a division within the BJP.

The BJP has taken this stern disciplinary action just a day before the Assembly elections on November 20.

Significantly, on Tuesday the BJP disaffiliated 30 leaders from Jharkhand for contesting as Independent candidates against party nominees in various Assembly seats in the forthcoming polls in the state.

In Maharashtra, senior BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrashekar Bawankule have warned that action will be taken against rebels after the crucial polls are over.

State BJP chief Bawankule said the party would crack the whip against the rebels and suspend them for six years.

"We will close the party's doors on them, and they are suspended for six years. This process is on; we are doing an analysis of who left (rebel) and who all left with them. Consequently, action will be initiated," he said.

The party has been facing internal woes due to resentment by leaders over various issues including ticket distribution and on Tuesday the BJP received a major jolt after its two-term MP Hina Gavit quit the party.
She decided to contest defying the party's diktat from the Akkalkuwa constituency as an Independent.

In her resignation letter, Hina Gavit-who is the daughter of BJP minister and nominee Dr Vijaykumar Gavit-said, "I am resigning so that the party does not face any problem because of my decision to contest as an Independent."

The Jharkhand BJP on Tuesday expelled 30 leaders from the party for contesting as Independent candidates against party nominees in various Assembly seats in the upcoming polls.

All the rebel BJP leaders were suspended from the party for six years.

"Thirty rebel BJP leaders were suspended from the party for six years for filing nominations and contesting against the authorized candidates by defying the party's policies," said a statement issued by BJP in Jharkhand.