BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey expelled former legislator Chandrabhadra Singh alias Sonu Singh of Sultanpur with immediate effect. In a statement on Friday, Pandey said that the leader was expelled from the party for his anti-party role. According to sources, Sonu Singh had actively taken part in Friday’s rally of independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in Lucknow.
Meanwhile, the BJP revoked the expulsion of Ketki Singh of Ballia. She had rebelled against the party during the 2017 UP Assembly election and contested from Bansdih Assembly seat as an independent candidate. She had rebelled against the party as the Bansdih seat was allotted to the Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party, an ally of the BJP. Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party leader Ramgovind Chowdhary was elected from this seat in March 2017 Assembly elections.