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| BJP high command may allow 're-entry' to 5 expelled MLAs | | Eyeing Lok Sabha Polls | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 14: To ensure victory of party in the coming Lok Sabha the BJP high command has given its consent to the state leadership to make a way for the return five out of seven alleged MLAs, who were expelled from the party on the charges of cross voting.
As the state unit was stoutly opposing this move, the high command has reportedly not given its consent to take back veteran leader and former Minister of State for Defence, Chaman Lal Gupta and one of his loyalists MLA into the party. State unit of BJP is strongly opposing re-entry of Gupta into the party.
Sources said that a couple of expelled MLAs had approached the high command for their re-entry into the party. Some veteran BJP leaders were also active to ensure re-entry of those who were expelled from the party but the state unit was strongly opposing this move.
Besides, mentors in State BJP unit too have supported the move if five expelled MLAs make a comeback in the party fold as the party would like to put it's all out effortto ensure the defeat of NC-Congress coalition candidates and easy win on both the seats of Jammu region i.e. Jammu-Poonch and Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary Constituencies. At present both the seats are being represented by Congress party.
Reliable sources in BJP said that following intervention of some veteran leaders it has been decided that five MLAs would be taken back into party fold as they have expressed their desire to rejoin the party.
"Decision to take back only five MLAs has been taken by the high command after taking State unit confidence. Further the return would be purely unconditional", sources said and added that announcement in this regard would be made very soon.
Core group of State unit of BJP, in the month of September this year, had rejected the proposal of taking back the expelled MLAs. Decision of the high command not to take back Chaman Lal Gupta has forced State unit to soften its stand on the issue and allow other MLAs to rejoin, sources said.
It is pertinent to mention here that veteran leader and former Union Minister Chaman Lal Gupta was expelled from the party on May 31 after cross voting episode of April 13, 2011.
After the cross voting episode, out of total 11, seven BJP MLAs were expelled from the party. Gupta was expelled on May 31, 2011, other six MLAs were expelled on November 18, 2011. |
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