BSP cracks the whip on senior leaders, former ministers over 'indiscipline'

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has expelled some senior leaders, alleging indiscipline and working against the interests of the party. They include former state ministers and legislators. Many of these crestfallen leaders had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and recent by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, but lost. Party chief Mayawati has also expelled C L Verma, a trusted colleague who had contested the Lok Sabha election from the Mohanlalganj (reserved) seat in Lucknow, but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kaushal Kishore. Interestingly, Verma was a close confidant also of former UP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, who, in turn, was a