12-23-2007, 12:30 AM
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RK Misra | Gandhinagar
Gujarat rebels begin work on regional party
With the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha election result just round the corner, the BJP leadership continued its disciplining spree for the second day on Saturday suspending six more senior leaders. The rebels retaliated by beginning work on the blueprint of a regional party in the State.
<b>"We are grateful to Chief Minister Narendra Modi for hastening the process of dismembering the BJP in the State and heightening regionalism to create an atmosphere conducive for the growth of a regional party in the State,"</b> said a senior rebel leader.
The suspended members include <b>three former Members of Parliament, Dr AK Patel, Lalit Mehta and Chandresh Patel, former party vice president Jeevraj Dharukavala, former Surat mayor Fakir Chauhan and former Gujarat Minister Arvind Patel. </b>On Friday, the party had suspended two MPs, Vallabh Kathiria and Somabhai Patel and issued showcause notice to former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel and former Union Textile Minister Kashiram Rana on Friday.
Meanwhile, veteran Keshubhai Patel said he had not received any showcause notice so far. He termed it an undignified way of going about the entire issue. "I'm pained to get this treatment from the party but I will definitely reply to it when I receive it," he added.
Patel told mediapersons that it would have been better if he had been asked to explain his views in person. "If I would have been called there and asked what I had to say about it, it would have been better," he added.
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Pioneer.com
RK Misra | Gandhinagar
Gujarat rebels begin work on regional party
With the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha election result just round the corner, the BJP leadership continued its disciplining spree for the second day on Saturday suspending six more senior leaders. The rebels retaliated by beginning work on the blueprint of a regional party in the State.
<b>"We are grateful to Chief Minister Narendra Modi for hastening the process of dismembering the BJP in the State and heightening regionalism to create an atmosphere conducive for the growth of a regional party in the State,"</b> said a senior rebel leader.
The suspended members include <b>three former Members of Parliament, Dr AK Patel, Lalit Mehta and Chandresh Patel, former party vice president Jeevraj Dharukavala, former Surat mayor Fakir Chauhan and former Gujarat Minister Arvind Patel. </b>On Friday, the party had suspended two MPs, Vallabh Kathiria and Somabhai Patel and issued showcause notice to former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel and former Union Textile Minister Kashiram Rana on Friday.
Meanwhile, veteran Keshubhai Patel said he had not received any showcause notice so far. He termed it an undignified way of going about the entire issue. "I'm pained to get this treatment from the party but I will definitely reply to it when I receive it," he added.
Patel told mediapersons that it would have been better if he had been asked to explain his views in person. "If I would have been called there and asked what I had to say about it, it would have been better," he added.
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