New Delhi: In a fast paced development, the BJP on Thursday expelled Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar , who is an accused in the Unnao rape case and was on Wednesday booked by the CBI for alleged involvement in the survivor’s accident that left her with critical injuries.
The BJP had come under a lot of criticism for failing to take action against Sengar,the Bangarmau MLA, with the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party aggressively raising the issue in Lok Sabha too.
The four time lawmaker, Sengar is accused of raping the girl when she went to meet him along with a neighbour to seek his help in getting a job in June 2017.
Even as #Unnaocase trended on Twitter, BJP leaders largely kept silent on the influential MLA. Sengar’s political clout is such that soon after winning the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj had visited the Sitapur jail to meet and “thank” the lawmaker.
After winning on a BSP ticket in 2002, Sengar won two successive polls (2007, 2012) on Samajwadi Party ticket before joining the BJP ahead of the 2017 UP polls and winning his fourth term as lawmaker from Bangarmau, Unnao.