Farmers Movement Archive

BJP issues notice to Lohaghat MLA for misbehaviour

Dehradun: State president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bansidhar Bhagat on Saturday issued a notice to the party’s MLA from Lohaghat constituency, Pooran Singh Fartyal, for “misbehaviour and putting the party in utter embarrassment during the recent assembly session”. During the session, Fartyal had accused his own party’s government of corruption in the tender for the Tanakpur-Jauljibi road, which is a road of strategic importance being constructed near the Nepal border. Besides raising the matter in the assembly, it was alleged that Fartyal had also taken the matter to the party’s central leadership in Delhi without informing the state-level leaders. Terming it an “act of gross misbehaviour”, Bhagat said, “The kind of words the MLA had used for the government of his own party, both inside and outside the assembly, is very regrettable. We have sought a reply from him in a week’s time after which further course of action will be decided.” The notice issued to the MLA mentions sections 25D and 25F of the party's constitution under which he has been warned of disciplinary action. Meanwhile, speaking on the issue of the recently-tabled agriculture bills and nationwide resentment against the same, Bhagat said that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always worked in the interest of farmers and the opposition just cannot digest it.” The BJP state president also added that the party members will go door to door to publicise the agriculture bills. “Not just verbal communication but written material will also be shared with farmers to make them aware that the bill is for their own good,” Bhagat added.

The Times of India

2020-09-27

Dehradun