Rajasthan election: BJP expels 11 rebel MLAs from party for 6 years

Voting for all 200 seats in Rajasthan assembly is set to take place on December 7. The counting of the votes will be done on December 11.

Earlier in the day, the ECI announced dates of Assembly elections in as many as five states of the country including Rajasthan. (Image: PTI)

Jaipur: Every since dissemination of tickets for the Assembly polls in Rajasthan has taken place; disappointment can be seen both in Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party. Amid this tussle, BJP has suspended its 11 leaders for anti-party activities for 6 years. Of these ousted leaders, 4 ministers have also been sacked. Leaders who have been removed from the party for 6 years include Surendra Goyal and Laxminarayan Dubey from Pali district, Radheyshyam from Sringanagar, Hemsingh Bhadana from Alwar, Rajkumar Rinwa and Rameshwar Bhati  from Churu, Kuldeep Dhankar and Dindayan Kumawat from Jaipur and Anita Katara from Dungarpur. During these elections’ procession, several senior BJP leaders have expressed unhappiness, after which some of them have shook hands with Congress or came forward as independent candidates. Earlier BJP MLA Habibur Rehman also quit party and joined Congress. Voting for all 200 seats in Rajasthan assembly is set to take place on December 7. The counting of the votes will be done on December 11.

11 rebel leaders of Rajasthan BJP have been expelled from the primary membership of the party for 6 years for contesting against the official party candidates in the upcoming #RajasthanAssemblyElection2018. pic.twitter.com/e4SWHAmkkd

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2018

This election has a war mainly between Bharataya Janta Party and Congress.