BJP suspends MLA over comments on Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal

The BJP on Wednesday suspended MLA Kailash Meghwal from its primary membership after he levelled corruption allegations against Union Law Minister Arjun Ram MeghwalThe action followed a show cause notice to the Shahpura MLA who is a former Speaker of the state assembly from the partys state unit president C P JoshiThe party president has suspended his primary membership and the matter has been referred to the statelevel disciplinary committee for further action the panels chairperson Onkar Singh Lakhawat saidThe Meghwal versus Meghwal row erupted in the party as it geared up to take on the ruling Congress in Rajasthan in the assembly pollsThe MLA was served the notice on August 29 a day after he called the Union minister corrupt number oneAt a press conference Wednesday he repeated the allegation while accusing the party of sidelining him turning him into a zero from a heroHe demanded again that Arjun Ram Meghwal should be removed from his cabinet post till pending cases against him in court are decidedI have written to the prime minister that till the cases pending in the court are not decided he should be removed from the post of a minister I hope that the prime minister will take the right decision Kailash Meghwal told reportersHe claimed that a case registered by the states AntiCorruption Bureau against Arjun Ram Meghwal is pending since 2014The MLA said he will also write to the Election Commission to cancel the ministers membership of Parliament claiming there is an allegation that Arjun Ram Meghwal submitted a false affidavit ahead of the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections Action should be taken on that also he saidThis is not an election stunt he said The MLA added that when Arjun Ram Meghwal became the law minister he found another reason to be alert as it was not right that a corrupt person occupies the postSo I started collecting material against him Kailash Meghwal saidThe MLA who had apparently not been informed about his suspension till the time of his press conference said he was being ignored in his partyI was once a hero in this party and today I am a zero from a hero Did you see me anywhere in the four parivartan yatras The only reason for this is that Arjun Ram Meghwal is being given more encouragement and being brought forward as a Scheduled Caste leader in the BJPHe said he regretted that people in his party were comparing Arjun Ram Meghwal with B R Ambedkar to glorify himI will remain active in politics and will not leave it he said when asked about being sidelined in the partyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever