The Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) on Thursday has suspended 11 senior state leaders, including four ministers in cabinet ministers after they refuse to withdraw their nominations for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections against the party’s official candidates.
In a press release issued by the party, it is stated that 11 ‘rebels’ have been suspended from the party’s primary membership for six years. Those who have been expelled from the party has been identified as Surendra Goyal, Lakshminarayan Dave, Radheshyam Ganganagar, Hemsingh Bhadana, Rajkumar Rinava, Rameshwar Bhati, Kuldeep Dhankad, Deendayal Kumavat, Kishanram Nai, Dhansingh Rawat, and Anita Katara.
The Vasundhara Raje-led BJP this time around facing a massive anti-incumbency sentiment in the state, and as the dissent grows in the party seems unlikely to help the it this time.
Manvendra Singh, former BJP, is even contesting against CM Vasundhara Raje in the Jhalarapatan assembly seat. Relations between Singh and the BJP leadership had taken a sharp turn after his father, former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, was denied a ticket for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
However, the BJP is not the only party with a rebel problem. The Congress is said to have more than 40 rebel leaders, including four former ministers, who could possibly spoil its chances of electoral victory in the state.
The polls in the state for the upcoming elections is scheduled to take place 0n December 7.