What prompted BJP to expel MLA Pawan Yadav, five others ahead of Bihar assembly elections

As the Bihar assembly polls are merely days away, the BJP went on a damage control mode and expelled a few party leaders who have been questioning the ticket distribution in the state and working against the NDA nominees.

The Bihar unit of the BJP expelled six leaders, including Kahalgaon MLA Pawan Yadav, for indulging in "anti-party activities". The other leaders who were expelled from the party are: Sunny Yadav, Shravan Kushwaha, Uttam Choudhary, Maruti Nandan Maruti and Pawan Choudhary.

These have been expelled from the party for six years.

"The party took disciplinary action against them after it found that all six leaders were indulging in anti-party activities against the NDA nominees during the ongoing assembly elections in the state," a statement from the party read.

The expelled leaders were working against the officially declared candidates of the NDA and were challenging them by contesting independently or from other parties, say local media reports.

"The sitting MLA of the outgoing assembly, Pawan Yadav, who was denied a ticket by the party this time, is contesting against the NDA nominee from Kahalgaon seat as an Independent candidate," according to the party.

According to local media reports, they were also raising questions about the unity of the NDA alliance.

Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the results will be announced on November 14.

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