BJP expels six Jammu and Kashmir legislators
Sunday October 09, 2011 10:42:56 AM,
IANS
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Jammu: The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has expelled six of its legislators for
cross-voting in April's legislative council polls in Jammu and
Kashmir, party sources said Sunday.
The decision was taken by the parliamentary board in New Delhi
Saturday, party sources told IANS.
The BJP had faced embarrassment April 13 when seven of its
legislators violated the party whip and voted for the National
Conference-Congress alliance candidates instead of party nominee
Thakur Ranjit Singh.
Thakur polled only four votes, though the party strength in the
assembly was 11.
Following this, one lawmaker, Chaman Lal Gupta, was expelled from
the party in May while the remaining six were suspended.
The fresh expulsion comes within days of the conclusion of the
autumn session of the assembly in Srinagar where Congress had
questioned the presence of "tainted" BJP lawmakers in the house.
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