Srinagar- Over a month after Kashmir based leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP raised the banner of revolt against alleged “discriminatory approach” by the leadership in winter capital, the saffron party on Friday issued notice to eight party leaders in the Valley for indulging in anti-party activities.
Altaf Thakur, Ali Mohammad Mir, GM Mir, Asif Masoodi, Arif Raja, Anwar Khan, Manzoor Bhat and Bilal Parray are the eight leaders of BJP’s Kashmir unit who have been served notice by the party’s disciplinary committee led by Chairman Sunil Sethi and members Aseem Gupta and Rekha Mahajan.
The notice comes over a month after these leaders attended a close-door meeting at a hotel here to discuss the “future course of action” to deal with “discriminatory approach and step-motherly treatment” at the hand of party’s Jammu leadership.
The party has over 120 members from Kashmir Valley.
The notice issued by the disciplinary committee reads that while holding enquiry of indiscipline against Sofi Yusuf, it came to the notice of disciplinary committee that there are serious allegations and proof of indiscipline against each of them for indulging in activities prejudicial to maintenance of discipline in party.
“By your activities, a sense of mistrust has been created in party leadership. Keeping in view your position in the party and your past contributions, disciplinary committee has decided to give you one opportunity to submit your unconditional apology for your conduct and not to repeat in future in any such activity failing which disciplinary Committee will initiate regular proceedings against you and which may lead to your removal of official positions and even from primary membership in case allegations of indiscipline is established,” reads the notice.
It further asks the leaders that if they choose to give unconditional apology and undertaking for future, the same may be sent to the party president within one week from today.
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