Backing the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Rampur assembly constituency bypoll proved costly for veteran Congress leader and former MLC Nawab Kazim Ali Khan alias Naved Miyan, after the party, on Thursday, expelled him on disciplinary grounds.
Giving this information here on Thursday evening, media convenor/spokesperson of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Ashok Singh, said that after former MLA Nawab Kazim Ali Khan alias Naved Miyan (Rampur) supported the BJP candidate on Rampur assembly seat in the Rampur by-election, the party expelled him for six years for his involvement in anti-party activities.
Singh said that earlier a notice was served on Naved Miyan seeking explanation in the matter but as he failed to give any reply, taking disciplinary action, he was expelled from the party.