Days ahead of Himachal Pradesh election, the ruling BJP on Monday suspended its state unit vice-president Kripal Parmar and four rebel leaders, PTI reported. The leaders had filed their nominations for the November 12 polls as Independents from their respective constituencies after the BJP denied ticket to them.
The suspended include former MLAs Tejwant Singh Negi (Kinnaur), Kishori Lal (Anni), Manohar Dhiman (Indora), KL Thakur (Nalagarh) and Kripal Parmar. Parmar filed his nomination as an Independent from Fatehpur constituency.
“BJP’s state unit president Suresh Kashyap has suspended the workers from the primary membership of the party for six years for contesting the elections as Independents against the party’s official candidate,” the party statement read.