The Delhi BJP Saturday expelled its 21 members, including five sitting Councillors, from the party for six years for allegedly being involved in the anti-party activities ahead of the MCD polls.
Outgoing Councillors Dr Pankaj Singh from Ranhola, Krishna Gehlot from Navada, Praveen Rajput from Sagarpur West, Sandhya Verma from Patparganj, and Nikki Singh from New Ashok Nagar were expelled for contesting the civic elections against the party’s official candidates.
Party leader and former Delhi University Students’ Union president Manoj Chaudhary has also been expelled for the anti-party activities. The BJP, in this year’s polls to the three civic bodies, has decided not to give tickets to all its sitting Councillors in the three corporations.
Most of the around 140 Councillors have agreed to abide by the party decision. About nine councilors had filed nominations against the party’s official candidates. A couple of sitting councilors have switched over to Congress against the party decision.
Voting for 272 wards of three municipal corporations will be held on April 23 and counting of votes will take place on April 26.