Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan

The Rajasthan Police on Saturday arrested expelled Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani in an alleged breach-of-peace case, Zee News reported.

He will be presented before the sub-divisional magistrate, the news channel reported.

On Wednesday, Ghani was expelled from the Hindutva party for six years after he expressed disapproval of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks about Muslims.

BJP leader Onkar Singh Lakhawat had said that Ghani was removed for “tarnishing” the party’s image in the press. “The party took cognisance 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,” Lakhawat said.

Ghani recently told a news channel that he, being a Muslim himself, was disappointed by the prime minister’s recent comments about the community during rallies in Rajasthan, Mint reported.

Ghani said that the party would likely lose a few seats in Rajasthan in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections due to Modi’s remarks. He added that in his meetings with Muslims, to seek votes for the BJP, members of the community had sought an explanation from him about the prime minister’s comments.

In an apparent reference to the Muslim community, Modi had claimed at an election rally in Rajasthan last week that the Congress would...

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