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Sindhia clueless on what led to his removal

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P.G.R. Sindhia

BANGALORE: The former Minister, P.G.R. Sindhia, who was removed from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday, is still clueless on what led to it.

Mr. Sindhia, who was the national general secretary of the BSP, told The Hindu here on Wednesday that he has not been able to find out why the party president Mayawati had taken such a “harsh decision.”

“I have been loyal to her and the party ideology. I had not joined BSP for any personal gains,” he remarked.

Mr. Sindhia said even his distant relative Sudhir Sawanth, who was the convenor of the Maharashtra unit of the BSP, has been expelled from the party.

Mr. Sindhia had no answer when he was asked whether a Dalit and non-Dalit conflict in the party could have led to his ouster.

He said he was also trying to ascertain the reports in a section of the media that the BSP was planning to strike an alliance with Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections.

The reports indicated that Mr. Sindhia was removed from the party fearing that he could create hurdles for the BSP and the Janata Dal(S) alliance in view of his strained relationship with the Janata Dal(S) president H.D. Deve Gowda.

BSP General Secretary and Rajya Sabha member Veer Singh, who, on Tuesday, announced that Mr. Sindhia was removed from the party, said he [Mr. Sindhia] was unable to work in coordination with the old office-bearers and had become “inactive.”

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