BJP sacks Rajasthan's ex-MLA over 'purify' ritual row

JAIPUR: BJP on Sunday sacked former Rajasthan MLA Gyandev Ahuja, a repeat offender who had embarrassed the party on more than one occasion. This included an instance on April 7 when Ahuja "purified" a temple in Alwar after Tikaram Jully, leader of opposition and Congress' Dalit face in the state, visited it.
Ahuja's actions in Alwar had triggered widespread outrage and left the governing BJP red-faced. While he was suspended days later and served a show-cause, his expulsion by BJP's disciplinary committee came on the eve of a Jaipur rally by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Both Kharge and Jully would have likely seized on Ahuja's deeds and pointed to BJP's "discriminatory practices" at "Save the Constitution" rally.