Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule.
Credit: PTI File Photo
Mumbai: Faced with an unprecedented rebellion in constituencies across poll-bound Maharashtra, the BJP, which leads the Maha Yuti alliance, has cracked the whip and expelled as many 40 party rebel candidates and senior leaders in 36 Assembly constituencies across the state.
In a statement, the BJP named 40 rebel candidates who were expelled from the primary membership of the party for indulging in anti-party activities.
The 40 expelled BJP rebels are from across the state. This included two rebels from Dhule --Rural (Shrikant Karle and Sophan Patil), two from Jalgaon city (Mayur Kapse and Ashwin Sonawane), two from Nanded-North (Vaishali Milind Deshmukh and Milind Uttarmrao Deshmukh), Nanded south (Dilip Venkatrao Kadkrute, Sunil Sahebrao More and Sanjay Dhongare) and Baglan-ST ( Aakash Salunke and Jayashree Garund).
BJP national spokesperson and former two-time Nandurbar MP Dr Heena Gavit had resigned from the party's primary membership after defying the party’s directive not to contest against the Shinde Shiv Sena’s official candidate Amashya Padvi from Akkalkuwa constituency. The State BJP had threatened that it would initiate disciplinary action if she did not withdraw her nomination against Padvi.
Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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