BJP suspends Bihar MLC Tunna Pandey
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The lawmaker had made essential remarks on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The BJP on Friday suspended MLC Tunna Pandey from the celebration with “immediate effect” for making “comments against the party line”.
Mr. Pandey who had not too long ago known as Bihar CM Nitish Kumar a “Chief Minister of circumstances” had, on Thursday, met Osama Sahab, son of former RJD MP and strongman Mohd Shahabuddin in Siwan.
“The chairman of BJP’s disciplinary committee Vinay Singh had served a show-cause notice to you for making comments against party’s discipline. In spite of this, you made another comment against party line… So, you’re suspended from the party with immediate effect,” mentioned the letter of suspension issued by State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal.
Earlier on Thursday, celebration’s disciplinary committee chairman Vinay Singh had served a show-cause discover to Mr. Pandey for his remarks in opposition to Mr. Kumar and requested him to answer in 10 days. The BJP MLC’s time period in State Legislative Council is scheduled to run out on July 16.
Mr. Pandey’s brother Bacchha Pandey is Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA from Barharia additionally in Siwan district. The suspension comes amid hypothesis that Mr. Tunna Pandey can be more likely to be becoming a member of the RJD quickly.
“I’ll reply and present my case on whatever notice has come from BJP. Why I’m speaking against Nitish Kumar, I’ll tell this in front of my party leaders,” Mr Tunna Pandey informed journalists quickly after assembly Mr. Sahab.
Mr. Pandey’s criticism of Mr Kumar has are available in a sequence of tweets sparking sharp political reactions from NDA alliance companions. He had accused the Chief Minister for “being hand in glove with liquor smugglers since 2009” and mentioned he would “expose him (Mr Kumar) that he would land in jail”.
On June 2, he tweeted: “Whatever I had said was right that in this election people had given their mandate to elect Tejashwi Yadav but Nitish Kumar ji came to power by misusing official machinery”. Earlier too, whereas slamming Mr. Kumar, the BJP MLC had mentioned he (Mr Kumar) has been a “chief minister of circumstances”.
Responding to the remarks, JD(U) MLC and celebration spokesperson Sanjay Singh, mentioned, “Nobody can prove corruption charges against our leader Nitish Kumar ji. The BJP MLC Tunna Pandey himself was in liquor business and he is peeved with the government after prohibition. But, whoever will taken on our leader Nitish Kumar ji, we’ll not tolerate.”
NDA allies Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) too condemned Mr. Pandey’s “highly objectionable” feedback and demanded motion in opposition to him from the BJP management.
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