The decision to suspend Jethmalani was an "answer" to the lawyer's open dare to the BJP to take action against him
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a show cause notice to its suspended leader Ram Jethmalani, asking him why he should not be expelled from the party for six years.
"The parliamentary board discussed the anti-party actions of Mr. Ram Jethmalani. The parliamentary party found appropriate the decision of party president Nitin Gadkari to suspend Jethmalani for his indiscipline and anti-party activities," BJP leader Ananth Kumartold reporters.
"We have also sent him a show cause notice to tell why he should not be expelled from the party for six years," he said.
The party is also contemplating action against other rebels notablyYashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha as they both publicly insisted that Nitin Gadkari step down after allegations of financial irregularities surfaced against the BJP chief.
The decision to suspend Jethmalani was an "answer" to the lawyer's open dare to the BJP to take action against him. Jethmalani had yesterday written to Gadkari, contesting a view jointly taken by Opposition leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the appointment of new CBI chief Ranjit Sinha.
Sushma and Jaitley, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had alleged that Sinha was appointed in haste to "pre-empt" a recommendation of the House panel on the Lok Pal bill to set up a collegium to choose the CBI head.
In his missive to Gadkari, Jethmalani had said Sushma's and Jaitley's move was "instigated" by the "most undesirable rival" and commended the government for "fast-tracking" Sinha's appointment and "averting a national calamity".
BJP sources said the RSS and the party brass were "furious" with Jethmalani's second offensive against the leadership in the recent past.
Recently, after Gadkari's alleged dodgy financial deals were out in the public domain, Jethmalani had openly demanded his resignation and claimed that Yashwant, Shatrughan and Jaswant Singh were on the same page as him.
"The parliamentary board discussed the anti-party actions of Mr. Ram Jethmalani. The parliamentary party found appropriate the decision of party president Nitin Gadkari to suspend Jethmalani for his indiscipline and anti-party activities," BJP leader Ananth Kumartold reporters.
"We have also sent him a show cause notice to tell why he should not be expelled from the party for six years," he said.
The party is also contemplating action against other rebels notablyYashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha as they both publicly insisted that Nitin Gadkari step down after allegations of financial irregularities surfaced against the BJP chief.
The decision to suspend Jethmalani was an "answer" to the lawyer's open dare to the BJP to take action against him. Jethmalani had yesterday written to Gadkari, contesting a view jointly taken by Opposition leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the appointment of new CBI chief Ranjit Sinha.
Sushma and Jaitley, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had alleged that Sinha was appointed in haste to "pre-empt" a recommendation of the House panel on the Lok Pal bill to set up a collegium to choose the CBI head.
In his missive to Gadkari, Jethmalani had said Sushma's and Jaitley's move was "instigated" by the "most undesirable rival" and commended the government for "fast-tracking" Sinha's appointment and "averting a national calamity".
BJP sources said the RSS and the party brass were "furious" with Jethmalani's second offensive against the leadership in the recent past.
Recently, after Gadkari's alleged dodgy financial deals were out in the public domain, Jethmalani had openly demanded his resignation and claimed that Yashwant, Shatrughan and Jaswant Singh were on the same page as him.
No comments:
Post a Comment