Rajasthan Ex-Speaker Suspended from BJP for Terming Union Minister “Corrupt No 1”

Jaipur: The BJP suspended its senior leader and former Rajasthan Assembly speaker Kailash Chandra Meghwal for terming Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal as ‘corrupt number one”.

He also accused the Union minister of withholding information related to criminal cases filed against him in the election nomination.

The BJP, on the other hand, accused the former Rajasthan Assembly Speaker of colluding with the Congress.

Kailash Chandra Meghwal is a Dalit leader from Rajasthan with a six-decade-long political career. He has served as a Union minister of state, BJP national vice-president, three-time Lok Sabha MP, and six-term MLA.  He served as the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment from 2003 to 2004 under the Atal Bihar Vajpayee government.

After his suspension from the BJP, it is likely that he will contest the elections on a Congress ticket. However, neither Congress nor Meghwal has confirmed this so far.