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BJP expels eight LS members for defying party whip
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) Cracking the whip on MPs who defied the party in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) Wednesday expelled eight Lok Sabha members, who bailed out the U.P.A. government either by cross-voting orremaining absent during voting in the confidence motion.
"We have expelled eight MPs who either cross-voted or abstained during the trust vote," B.J.P. president Rajnath Singh told reporters here after a meeting of senior partyleaders at Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani's residence.
While four MPs were expelled for voting in favour of the government in the trust vote in Lok Sabha last night, fourothers faced the action for remaining absent.
The expelled Lok Sabha members are Brijbhushan Sharan Singh (Balrampur), Manjunath (Dharwad), Chandrabhan Singh (Damoh), H T Sangliana (Bangalore North), Manorama (Udipi), Haribhav Madhav (Jalgaon), Babubhai Katara (Dohad) andSomabhai Patel (Surendranagar).
"But for cross-voting and abstentions, the UPA would not have won. This government was formed with the help of tainted people who were included in the ministry...This is atainted victory," Advani said.
The B.J.P. leader termed the U.P.A. victory as "tainted" and congratulated the three B.J.P. MPs for standing up against "political corruption" by exposing brazen attemptsto buy them out and vote in favour of the Government.
Advani was referring to three party MPs — Ashok Argal, Mahavir Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulste — who showed wads of money in the Lok Sabha Tuesday claiming that a SamajwadiParty leader tried to bribe them in favour of the Government.
On being asked whether he would prefer a Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into the "cash-gate" scandal, the senior B.J.P. leader answered in the negative and said theLok Sabha Speaker should go in for a detailed enquiry.
Asked about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark that Advani should change his astrologers, he said, "when didhe (PM) developed interest in astrology? I don't know".
He also noted that it would "not be that easy" for the Government to sail through till elections. PTI
"We have expelled eight MPs who either cross-voted or abstained during the trust vote," B.J.P. president Rajnath Singh told reporters here after a meeting of senior partyleaders at Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani's residence.
While four MPs were expelled for voting in favour of the government in the trust vote in Lok Sabha last night, fourothers faced the action for remaining absent.
The expelled Lok Sabha members are Brijbhushan Sharan Singh (Balrampur), Manjunath (Dharwad), Chandrabhan Singh (Damoh), H T Sangliana (Bangalore North), Manorama (Udipi), Haribhav Madhav (Jalgaon), Babubhai Katara (Dohad) andSomabhai Patel (Surendranagar).
"But for cross-voting and abstentions, the UPA would not have won. This government was formed with the help of tainted people who were included in the ministry...This is atainted victory," Advani said.
The B.J.P. leader termed the U.P.A. victory as "tainted" and congratulated the three B.J.P. MPs for standing up against "political corruption" by exposing brazen attemptsto buy them out and vote in favour of the Government.
Advani was referring to three party MPs — Ashok Argal, Mahavir Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulste — who showed wads of money in the Lok Sabha Tuesday claiming that a SamajwadiParty leader tried to bribe them in favour of the Government.
On being asked whether he would prefer a Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into the "cash-gate" scandal, the senior B.J.P. leader answered in the negative and said theLok Sabha Speaker should go in for a detailed enquiry.
Asked about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark that Advani should change his astrologers, he said, "when didhe (PM) developed interest in astrology? I don't know".
He also noted that it would "not be that easy" for the Government to sail through till elections. PTI
