Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) on Wednesday took disciplinary actions against 49 rebels contesting against the party’s official candidates in different Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats.
CGPCC President Bhupesh Baghel expelled the rebels for the six years as they refused to obey the party order and had continued to carry on campaigning against party's official candidates. Santosh Yadav contesting from Jagdalpur, K Damaru Reddy from Chirmiri, Usha Tiwari from Korba and Deepa Pratap Madhyani from Durg Municipal Corporation were among the key rebels expelled by the party.
Similarly, Karuna Ramesh Tiwari contesting from Arang Nagar Panchayat, Sobha Singh from Ahiwara, Sourabh Nirvani and Dinesh Patel from Bemetara, Ravi Jaiswal and Shyam Jaiswal from Dallirajhara, Sushil Sharma from Kanker, Tarannu Siddqui from Kirandul, Puran Singh Jaiswal from Bade Bacheli, Shivkumari Yadav from Mungeli, Tirathram Bhuvane from Akaltara, Vasudev Bhagat from Jashpur, Suresh Agrawal and Satyaprakash Verma from Manendragarh, Harishchand Yadav from Tifara, Suresh Singh Thakur from Takhatpur and Vimala Sahu contesting from Gariaband Municipal Council have been expelled.
The party has also expelled as many as 28 rebels contesting for different Nagar Panchayat’s president and corporator’s post including Bhuleshwari Sahu from Kura Nagar Panchayat (Raipur), Yogesh Banjare from Kasdol (Baloda Bazar), Pavan Sonkar from Rajim (Gariaband) and Yadram Gayakwad from Magarlod Nagar Panchayat (Dhamtari).