BJP expels eight leaders in Haryana for contesting as independents in assembly polls

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana has expelled eight leaders from the party for six years for choosing to contest the Haryana assembly elections as independent candidates against official party nominees.
Among those expelled are former minister Ranjit Chautala and former MLA Devendra Kadyan. The other names on the list include Sandeep Garg, Jileram Sharma, Bachchan Singh Arya, Radha Ahlawat, Naveen Goyal, and Kehar Singh Rawat.
Earlier, Haryana Minister and BJP leader Ranjit Singh Chautala resigned from the Cabinet after being denied a ticket by the party for the upcoming assembly polls.
Chautala, the brother of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, has decided to run as an independent candidate from the Rania seat.
"I will contest as an independent candidate from the Rania Assembly constituency. It is the decision of the people of my constituency. After I did not get the ticket, I took this decision," he told ANI.
The BJP has fielded Shishpal Kamboj to contest from the Rania seat in its first list of candidates. Meanwhile, Sandeep Garg has filed nomination papers from the Ladwa constituency against Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
Haryana will go to the polls on October 5 to elect a 90-member state legislative assembly to form its next government, with the counting set to take place on October 8.
In 2019, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 40 seats. Congress won 30 seats. (ANI)