Talking to media soon after the meeting, state Congress president Bhupesh Baghel said the action has been taken as the image of the party had been tarnished by the acts of Ajit Jogi and his son.
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The tape purported has conversations between Amit, son of the state’s former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Raman Singh’s son-in-law Puneet Gupta, Pawar and former Jogi loyalists Firoz Siddiqui and Ameen Memon.
The suspension comes after a show cause notice was issued against the Congress leader. “The audio tape is fake and doctored”.
“I’m hurt, the decision to expel me without proving the allegations against me, is biased and unfair”, Amit Jogi said.
Congress MLA Amit Jogi was today suspended for six years for his alleged role in purportedly fixing the Antagarh by-election in 2014.
“I will train my proper to attraction underneath rule 8 of article 9 of party’s Constitution”.
On 13 September 2014, a month before the bypolls in the insurgency hit Bastar region, Congress candidate Manturam Pawar withdrew his candidature for the Antagarh assembly bypoll – a move which was a surprise for everyone.
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Singh had also trashed the allegations as “baseless” and a bid by the Congress to “drag BJP and his family” into controversy, while Ajit Jogi had dismissed the charge as “completely false” after terming the episode as a “conspiracy” against him and his son.
