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Bypoll backlash: Karnataka Congress expels 3 Bagalkot leaders for ‘aiding BJP’
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Bypoll backlash: Karnataka Congress expels 3 Bagalkot leaders for ‘aiding BJP’

The Indian Express·Express News Service·about 1 month ago
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah had come under criticism for action against minority leaders (File photo). Days after the Karnataka Congress courted controversy by initiating action against party leaders from the Muslim community for alleged anti-party activity during the Davanagere South bypoll, it has now cracked the whip against three leaders from Bagalkot for the same reason. Bagalkot Congress president S N Nanjayyanamath expelled three leaders from the party’s primary membership Tuesday for working against party interests during the bypoll. The disciplinary action was initiated against Murugesh, vice-president of the Bagalkot District Central Co-operative Bank, and Kamatagi town panchayat members Gurulinga Patil and Ramesh Jamakhandi. A day after the polls, Bagalkot Rural Congress unit president S N Rampura wrote to the district unit, urging it to initiate action against the trio.…

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