Madhya Pradesh Polls: Congress has expelled 39 leaders from the primary membership of the party for a period of six years for contesting against the party's official candidates in the upcoming state assembly elections, its functionary said on Saturday.

Rajiv Singh, the state vice-president of the party, released a statement stating that these 39 leaders were expelled from the Congress on Kamal Nath's orders. According to the statement, these ousted leaders are contesting elections either as independent candidates or on the ticket of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

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Some of the prominent names against whom the action was taken include former MP Premchand Guddu (Alot), former MLA Antar Singh Darbar (Mhow), former MLA Yadvendra Singh (Nagod), state party spokesman Ajay Singh Yadav (Khargapur), Nasir Islam (Bhopal North) and Amir Aqueel (Bhopal North).

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023

The polling on the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly will be held on November 17 and the result will be declared on December 3 along with the other four states. While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is striving to remain at the helm, the opposition Congress is endeavouring to push the saffron party out of power.

Recently, disgruntled Congress leaders and their supporters protested in many pockets of Rajasthan after they were denied tickets in the fourth list of party candidates. Congress workers came to the streets, and burnt tyres and effigies, while sitting on dharna. Some Rajasthan Congress leaders even resigned from party posts.

(With Agencies Inputs)