Green party trying to purge gender-critical voices, claims expelled former spokesperson

Pallavi Devulapalli, the Greens’ former health spokesperson, was expelled this month for a rules breach that she has said was because of her beliefs on gender. Photograph: Pallavi Devulapalli

The Green party is veering away from its founding culture towards a more leftwing authoritarianism, its former health spokesperson has claimed.

Dr Pallavi Devulapalli said trans rights had become an obvious totem in the new climate, and accused the party of trying to purge anyone with gender-critical views.