‘Unfairly targeted’ despite loyalty, hard work: Jayant Sinha replies to notice

Jayant Sinha, in his letter, said he had spoken to BJP president JP Nadda, requesting to be relieved from active election duties as he wanted to focus on global climate change issues.

Jharkhand General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu issued the notice to Jayant Sinha, accusing him of 'not voting'. (File photo)

Written by: Abhishek Angad

3 min readDhanbadMay 23, 2024 08:46 PM IST First published on: May 23, 2024 at 08:46 PM IST

Replying to the show-cause notice issued to him on May 20 for allegedly not taking interest in campaigning or organisational work, former Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha replied stating that despite his “loyalty and hard work”, he was “unfairly targeted” and if the party wanted him to participate, he could have been contacted which was not the case.

Jharkhand General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu issued the notice to Sinha, accusing him of “not voting” and stated that the “image of the party has been tarnished with his actions”, while demanding his reply within two days.

In his letter to Sahu, which was posted on X on May 22 at 11.51 pm, Sinha, who was denied a ticket from Hazaribagh this time, said it was “beyond his understanding” why the letter was sent when elections were over and was “extremely surprised” to know that it was released to the media.

My response to Shri Aditya Sahu ji’s letter sent on May 20, 2024 pic.twitter.com/WfGIIyTvdz

— Jayant Sinha (Modi Ka Parivar) (@jayantsinha) May 22, 2024

Sinha, in his letter, said he had spoken to BJP president JP Nadda on March 2 this year, requesting to be relieved from active election duties and this was announced on X as he wanted to focus on global climate change issues. However, he had said he would “gladly continue” to work with the party on economic and government related issues.

Sinha wrote: “After my announcement on March 2, no senior party functionary or MP/MLA from Jharkhand contacted me. I was not invited to any party program, rally or organisational meeting. If Babulal Marandiji wanted to include me in the programs then he could have definitely invited me but he did not do so.”

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When he was in Delhi on April 29, Sinha said, BJP Hazaribagh candidate Manish Jaiswal invited him to join his rally for filing nomination on May 1. It was not possible for him to reach Hazaribagh at such a short notice, the letter said.

“Consequently, I travelled to Hazaribagh on 2 May 2024 and went directly to Jaiswalji’s residence to express my regards. He was not present, so I conveyed my message to his family. There was no further contact from Jaiswalji. I left Hazaribagh on 3 May 2024 and returned to Delhi. After informing the Speaker (of Lok Sabha), I left India on 10 May 2024…The party had not asked me to participate in any events, so I saw no reason to stay. Before leaving India, I sent my vote through the postal ballot process. Therefore, it is wrong for you to allege that I did not exercise my responsibility to vote,” the letter said.

“Given my contributions to the party and the circumstances detailed above, the public issuance of your letter is unseemly. Your approach demoralises dedicated party workers and undermines the party’s collective efforts,” it said.