(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Veteran leader Jaswant Singh was yesterday expelled from the BJP after he refused to withdraw his nomination as an independent from Rajasthan's Barmer parliamentary constituency, party sources said.
He has been expelled for six years. Singh was upset over ex-Congress leader Sona Ram Choudhary being given the BJP ticket from Barmer, his home turf, and filed his nomination as an independent Monday, daring the party to sack him.
"I will not say goodbye till the party says goodbye," he said. The party leaders had indicated they were waiting to see if he withdraws his nomination. However, as the last day for withdrawal ended Saturday with Jaswant Singh still in the fray, the decision to expel him was taken. Jaswant Singh has maintained that no party leader approached him over the issue. On Monday, he had said it was a mistake to rejoin the BJP, especially after the way he had been expelled.
"Perhaps it was an emotional weakness that I joined the BJP again though all my relatives and friends had sought to dissuade me.
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