BJP Minority Morcha Leader Criticizes PM Modi’s Remarks, Gets Expelled from Party

Jaipur: Usman Ghani, the Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president was expelled from the party on Thursday after he expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Rajasthan.

The Rajasthan BJP expelled him from the party for “tarnishing” its image.

Ghani, while talking to a news channel in New Delhi recently, condemned PM Modi’s remarks regarding Muslims during election rallies in the state. He also said that the BJP was going to lose three-four Lok Sabha seats out of 25 seats in Rajasthan.

Reacting to PM Modi’s remarks regarding Muslims, Ghani said that being a Muslim, he was disappointed at what the Prime Minister said.

He said that when he “goes to Muslims to seek votes” for the BJP, the community people talk about the kind of remarks made by the PM and “look for answers” from him.

Ghani expressed that he was not afraid if the party takes any action against him for what he was saying.

After a video of Mr Ghani surfaced on social media in which he is talking to a news channel reporter, BJP state disciplinary committee chairman Onkar Singh Lakhawat said in a statement, “The party took cognizance of the act of Usman Ghani to tarnish its image and expelled him from the primary membership of the party for six years, considering it a breach of discipline.”

While addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara, PM Modi on Sunday suggested that if the Congress comes to power, it would “redistribute” wealth to Muslims. He alleged that Congress plans to give the people’s hard-earned money and valuables to the “infiltrators” and “those who have more children”.