AMN /
The Congress party on Monday expelled Saket Bahuguna, son of former Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahugua, who is spearheading a rebel camp in the party that has threatened to form the state government with the BJP’s support.
Bahuguna was expelled for six years from the party’s primary membership, a day after government orders were given to expel six supporters of Harak Singh, the agriculture minister, from an agro body.
Singh was expelled from the Cabinet on Saturday for his “unparliamentary conduct” in the state assembly where he apparently joined those shouting anti-government slogans.
The Congress government in Uttarakhand is facing a major crisis with nine MLAs rebelling against the Harish Rawat-led state government, and the BJP, which has 27 MLAs, staking claim to form the government.
The Uttarakhand assembly will witness a floor test on March 28.