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BJP suspends Ram Jethmalani
Monday November 26, 2012 09:23:23 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The BJP has suspended from the party its leader Ram Jethmalani,
who earlier demanded party chief Nitin Gadkari's removal and spoke
against the party's line on the appointment of a new CBI chief,
sources said Sunday.
"The party chief has suspended Ram Jethmalani with immediate
effect. The process of his suspension has been referred to the
party's parliamentary board," BJP spokesman Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
told reporters.
Hours before the announcement, a belligerent Jethmalani, 89, a
Rajya Sabha member, said no one had the guts to suspend him.
"If action is taken against me, I would welcome it. But I don't
think anyone has the guts to suspend me," Jethmalani told
reporters.
Party sources said rule 25 of the BJP's constitution empowered the
party president to suspend from the organisation any member with
immediate effect.
But since Jethmalani is an MP, the matter has been referred to
BJP's parliamentary board which is expected to meet Monday
evening, said the sources.
Jethmalani had ruffled many feathers in the party by demanding the
removal of Gadkari from the post of party chief after corruption
allegations surfaced against him and a company he is linked to.
He embarrassed the BJP Saturday by contradicting the party's stand
on the issue of appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director.
Leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya
Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley had Nov 23 written a joint letter
to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the decision on appointing
Sinha as the next CBI chief should be kept on hold till the
collegium system became a law, as recommended by the Rajya Sabha
select committee on Lokpal.
The prime minister had rejected their plea and justified the
appointment.
BJP MPs Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha have also justified
Ranjit Sinha's appointment, embarrassing the party further.
Recently, Yashwant Sinha had also sought removal of Gadkari from
the post of party chief.
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