BJP expels 28 leaders in Arunachal Pradesh for contesting Assembly polls against party nominees

Guwahati: The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday expelled as many as 28 party leaders who contested the April 19 Assembly elections against the party’s official nominees.

BJP’s state disciplinary action committee headed by Tarh Tarak said the leaders have been expelled from the party for six years, according to a statement issued by the state BJP.

These leaders had contested the Assembly polls on tickets of the National People’s Party (NPP), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the People’s Party of Arunachal, and as Independent nominees.


The ruling BJP had fielded 60 candidates in all the Assembly seats in Arunachal, of which 10 were elected unopposed.

The Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the BJP-ruled state were held simultaneously in the first phase on April 19.

The Assembly election results will be declared on June 2, while the Lok Sabha results will be out on June 4.