This story is from September 20, 2021

Delhi: BJP expels 3 councillors for 6 years over ‘corruption’

Ahead of the 2022 municipal polls, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Sunday expelled three councillors from the party for six years over complaints of corruption and alleged indifference towards party workers.
Delhi: BJP expels 3 councillors for 6 years over ‘corruption’
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NEW DELHI: Ahead of the 2022 municipal polls, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Sunday expelled three councillors from the party for six years over complaints of corruption and alleged indifference towards party workers.
Gupta said BJP had zero tolerance for corruption. While BJP is vying for a fourth consecutive term, Aam Aadmi Party is riding the anti-corruption plank in a bid to dethrone the saffron party.
The councillors expelled are Pooja Madan from Mukherjee Nagar (north corporation), Rajni Bablu Pandey from New Ashok Nagar (east corporation) and Sanjay Thakur from Saidulajaib (south corporation).
The expulsions are applicable with immediate effect.
Gupta said the party couldn’t ignore the complaints of corruption and this kind of action could be taken in the future as well if the need arose. He said the councillors were asked to improve their behaviour towards party workers, but nothing changed on ground. To top it all, there were now complaints of corruption against them from the public, he said.
“All councillors should do public service with sincerity and honesty. If there is any laxity on this account or any corruption is detected, strict action will be taken,” Gupta warned.
Meanwhile, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said the party had flagged the issue of BJP councillors “looting people” in April itself. He claimed that now that BJP was afraid of losing the municipal polls, it was trying a cover-up. “We have given evidence of corruption against over two dozen councillors. During the 2017 municipal polls, BJP councillors were so notorious for corrupt practices that the party had to replace all sitting councillors and come up with a new list. Expulsion from the party for corruption is not proper action, but getting them investigated by CBI or ACB is,” Bharadwaj said.
He claimed that BJP knew that it was going to lose badly in the upcoming municipal elections and, therefore, it was taking cosmetic action to gain public sympathy.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor hit back, saying: “BJP would certainly have taken further action against the councillors against whom complaints of corruption were reported, but AAP has welcomed an expelled BJP councillor without inquiry.
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