“Yes, he has been suspended for anti-party activities”, Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Anil Jain told IANS, reading out an official statement.
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In a related development, more than 100 supporters of Azad, who was in the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 World Cup, staged a noisy protest outside the BJP headquarters here against his suspension. They said the defeat showed the party had learnt nothing from its crushing defeat by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi in February.
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The BJP had suspended its Darbhanga MP Kirti Azad on Wednesday. “My fight is against the irregularities in the DDCA and I will continue to raise this issue for the betterment of DDCA”, added Azad.
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The Congress attacked the BJP over suspension of Kirti Azad, saying that it was an illustration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dictatorial style of functioning.
On the other hand, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha came out in support of Azad and asked Jaitley to follow the example of veteran party leader LK Advani, who had resigned over the Hawala case, and come clean as advised by the PM.
Given his unprecedented rebellion in BJP’s history – which also included an attack on Jaitley on the floor of Parliament and through multiple posts on Twitter – it was expected that the party will wait for the Parliament’s Winter Session to be over before taking action. A hard-hitting batsman, Azad became a household name when he played a huge role in India winning the semi-final match against England in the 1983 World Cup.
Darbhanga MP Kirti Azad on Friday demanded that the BJP give him proof of his anti-party activities and said that corruption in DDCA, a cricket body, doesn’t come under the party’s purview.
AAP leader Ashutosh said this morning that the suspension “proves that BJP is on the side of the corrupt”.
Rather, it was seen that BJP president Amit Shah, another Modi associate, presided over the decision subsequent to neglecting to convince Azad from tending to the media on the DDCA issue. He also said that BJP leaders facing allegations were sheltered by Modi’s “immunity” and complainants against corruption were suspended.
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The four veterans, who met for about an hour at Mr. Joshi’s residence, are understood to have also discussed the Kirti Azad issue. That either elicited any reply from the party or led to any corrective action.
