Acting against party indiscipline, Himachal Pradesh Congress on Wednesday expelled 23 party workers for anti-party activities. Himachal Congress said that all these workers have been expelled from the party for 6 years and the action was taken under "mission clear up" in the party.
Most of the leaders expelled on Wednesday are apparently close to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's camp.
Most of the leaders, who faced action, belong to Baijnath, Sarkaghat, Indora, Dharamshala, Nachan, Nalagarh and Shahpur constituency.
The action has been taken on the recommendation of the Congress Block Committee or the Congress nominee of the respective constituency.
Yadopati Thakur and Sanjay Dogra are the prominent names among the expelled Congress workers. Yadopati Thakur has remained a close associate of Vikramaditya Singh, While Sanjay Thakur is the son of former Congress MlA Tek Chand Thakur.
The leaders expelled are Sukhram, Inder Nanda and Vilayati Rana from Baijnath, Anil Kumar Sharma, Yadopati Thakur and Arjun from Sarkaghat, Sudhir Singh Katoch, Malendra Rajan and Surender Pal Sharma from Indora, Suresh Tuli, Rakesh Chaudhary and Anuj Kashyap from Dharamshala, Sanjay Dogra, Damodar Dass Chauhan and Naresh Chauhan from Nachan, Prince Sharma, Mati Raj Rani, Kewal Krishan Bhardwaj and Ujagar Singh from Nalagarh Karan Singh Parmar, Balbir Chaudhary and Gagan Singh from Shahpur.
Congress had started taking tough stand against the dissenters showing door to 7 senior leaders, who had filed their nominations against the official nominee of the party in assembly polls.