Patna: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has expelled 27 leaders — including two MLAs, four former legislators and an MLC — for anti-party activities and “defying the organization’s ideology” in the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections.
According to a statement issued by RJD state chief Mangani Lal Mandal, the expelled leaders have also been suspended from the party’s primary membership.
“The RJD took disciplinary action against the leaders after it found that they were indulging in anti-party activities against the RJD or ‘Mahagathbandhan’ nominees,” it said on Monday evening.
“The RJD took this step after finding that these leaders were engaged in activities against the party or Mahagathbandhan nominees,” the statement noted.
The expelled MLAs are Chote Lal Rai from Parasa and Mohammad Kamran from Govindpur. Former MLAs Ram Prakash Mahto, Anil Sahni, Saroj Yadav, and Anil Yadav, along with former MLC Ganesh Bharti, were also among those removed.
A senior RJD leader said the expelled members were “working against the officially declared candidates of the INDIA bloc and the RJD.”
The disciplinary action comes as the 243-member Bihar Assembly heads for polls in two phases, on November 6 and November 11. Counting of votes will take place on November 14.
