Uttarakhand polls: BJP State President expels 17 for contesting against party candidates

Uttarakhand BJP State President Ajay Bhatt on Wednesday expelled 17 members from party for 6 years for contesting against BJP candidates.

Those among expelled include Surat Ram Nautyal, Asha Nautyal, Dhanilal Shah, Premlal Trikutia, Om Gopal Rawat, Rajeshwar Prasad Penyuli, Laxmi Agarwal, Sandip Gupta, Ravindra Paniyala, Kushalpal Saini, Kavindra Ishtwal, Kishan Singh Bhandari, Pramod Nainwal, Hem Arya, Harendra Singh Darmyal, Seema Chauhan and Rajiv Agarwal.

The Legislative Assembly election will be held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 70 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the state of Uttarakhand in India.