Manvendra Singh, the MlA son of expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh, has to choose between his party and his father.
The Rajasthan unit of the BJP on Thursday stepped up pressure on sulking Manvendra to quit the party or face disciplinary action and disqualification proceedings for alleged anti-party activities.
“Manvendra Singh, who is campaigning against the official candidate of the party, Sona Ram, in Barmer lok Sabha seat should first quit the party on moral grounds as it amounts to anti-party activities or face disciplinary action soon,” State BJP vice-president Onkar Singh lakhawat told reporters here.
Manvendra has been attending political meetings of his father who is contesting the Parliamentary elections as an Independent candidate from Barmer. Jaswant was expelled from the party recently for contesting as a rebel against the official candidate of the party.
“The BJP is keeping all options open against Manvendra Singh. It will write to the Assembly Speaker for his disqualification, or expel him from the party as Manvendra and his father Jaswant are speaking openly against the BJP’s ideology and working for the last one week,” lakhawat said.
“Manvendra is virtually violating the party’s guidelines and principles by attending his father’s meeting against the party’s official candidate, which amounts to gross indiscipline,” he further said.
Party was expecting a report from the district unit and will take a suitable decision in respect of Manvendra’s alleged activities in the election process soon, the BJP leader added.
Manvendra lost his first lok Sabha election in 1999 and the then Congress candidate Sona Ram from the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency. However, he won the Parliamentary constituency in 2004 against Congress candidate Sona Ram by a margin of 2,71,888 votes. He had won the Shiv Assembly constituency as a BJP candidate during the elections last year.