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PDP expels founder member
The People8217;s Democratic Party on Sunday expelled senior party leader and founding member Ghulam Hassan Mir from the party.
Srinagar | March 9, 2008 12:00 AM IST
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The People8217;s Democratic Party PDP on Sunday expelled senior party leader and founding member Ghulam Hassan Mir from the party. Though the step has been taken after Mir8217;s open rebellion against the party top brass, the former minister refused to accept the decision and questioned the authority of the PDP8217;s disciplinary committee.
8220;We have expelled him from the party,8221; PDP general secretary Nizamuddin Bhat said. 8220;He has been expelled for his anti-party activities.8221;
Mir8217;s expulsion is significant as Assembly elections in the state are expected anytime now. He has the ability to take along several other senior party members severely affecting PDP8217;s polls prospects.
Meanwhile, Mir has started work on a third front. He claims several minister of the ruling coalition are with him. 8220;The Third Front will be a reality soon. But it is premature to say who will be in it and how it will come up,8221; said Mir.
On his expulsion, Mir said: 8220;I have been saying all along that the PDP has become party of a particular family. It is a dictatorship. And that was been proven again today.8221;
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