A day the SAD cracked whip on around 20 rebels, its alliance partners, the BJP, on Tuesday expelled more than two dozen of its leaders for “anti-party activities” during the forthcoming civic body polls.The party has shown the door to a total of 28 party leaders hailing from Moga, Bathinda and Hoshiarpur for the period of “six years”.
These leaders were “expelled” from the party for not withdrawing their candidature against the official nominee of the SAD-BJP combine for municipal corporation polls for Moga, Bathinda and Hoshiarpur despite repeated warnings.
As per the information given by the party office, maximum 17 rebels have been ousted in Hoshiarpur, six in Moga and five in Bathinda. A day before, the SAD had issued expulsion orders against all the rebel candidates, around 20 of them, who did not withdraw their nominations papers even on the last date for withdrawal of candidature for the Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Councils’ polls.