Unjustly targeted: BJP’s Jayant Sinha on party notice for not ‘taking interest’ in poll campaign
The Hindutva party had on Monday told the former Union minister that its image had been tarnished because of his actions.
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Former Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said that he was being “unjustly targeted” despite his loyalty, in response to a show cause notice by the party for not “taking any interest” in campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections and other organisational work.
Sinha, a former MP from Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, was denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha constituency this year. The BJP has instead fielded party leader Manish Jaiswal.
On Monday, which was also the day of voting for the Hazaribagh seat during the fifth phase of the elections, Jharkhand BJP General Secretary Aditya Sahu told Sinha that the party’s image had been tarnished because of his actions and demanded a reply within two days.
The BJP’s notice to Sinha came days after his son, Aashir Sinha, joined the Congress on May 14.
“Ever since the party has declared Manish Jaiswal as its candidate from Hazaribagh, you are neither taking interest in election campaigning nor in organisational work,” Sahu said in a letter addressed to Jayant Sinha. “Despite this, you did not consider it appropriate to exercise your right to vote in this great festival of democracy.”
On Wednesday, Jayant Sinha said that he was surprised to receive the notice and that it was also released to the media. The...
