BJP show-cause notice to Loni MLA for ‘tarnishing party image by criticising UP govt’

The Loni Assembly constituency is in Ghaziabad district.

The notice, issued by party state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, said, “For some time now, you have been criticising the government in public places and your statements and actions are hurting the party’s reputation. Your act comes under the category of indiscipline.”

The notice further said , “As per the instructions of BJP’s national president JP Nadda, you are informed to give an explanation within seven days of receiving this letter why disciplinary action should not be taken against you?”

Gurjar levelled the allegations after a “Kalash Yatra” led by him was allegedly stopped by the police on Friday citing “lack of permission”, even as the MLA claimed he had informed the authorities in advance. His supporters clashed with the police.

The MLA also raised the issue of alleged anomalies in acquisition of land in Ayodhya. Gurjar alleged the police tore his clothes. The chief secretary, he alleged, was controlling the CM through occult. “The chief secretary is the most corrupt officer in the world. The officers looted land in Ayodhya,” he had said.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav latched on to the row to attack the Adityanath government. “BJP members themselves are revealing secrets about how injustice and corruption have spread everywhere. Now will they get his reports changed as well?”

—PTI inputs