The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday cancelled the membership of newly inducted Sabir Ali, whose induction into the party was opposed by some party leaders.
Announcing the decision of the BJP, party spokesmen Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “Party president Rajnath Singh has decided to cancel the membership of Sabir Ali. Now, his membership stands annulled. Singh has taken this decision after giving it a thought.”
In a clear warning to party leaders, Prasad also said that Rajnath Singh has suggested that the BJP members should raise internal issues in party forums only.
Earlier today, Sabir Ali had written a letter to the BJP unit of Bihar asking them to put his membership on hold till party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s allegations on him are cleared.
“I have written a letter to Dharmendra Pradhan saying that they can set up a committee to enquire the allegations made against me. If they will be able to prove any charge I will quit politics and they can put my membership on hold until the charges are cleared,” said Ali.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi opposed the induction of expelled Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sabir Ali into the party on grounds that he has been named as one of the accused in the murder of music mogul Gulshan Kumar and was a friend of Indian Mujahideen Chief Yasin Bhatkal.
On Friday, directly attacking Ali, Naqvi had tweeted “Terrorist Bhatakal friend join BJP, soon accepting Dawood”. (ANI)