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The Hindu
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Shoumojit Banerjee

Maharashtra Congress expels former MLA Ashish Deshmukh for anti-party activities

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The Maharashtra Congress has expelled former MLA Ashish Deshmukh from the party for six years over his anti-party statements against the party leadership.

Mr. Deshmukh, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Katol Assembly segment (2014-2019) in Nagpur district during the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra, has raised eyebrows with his statements highlighting the schisms within the Congress’ leadership in the State, particularly in the Vidarbha region.

The order of expulsion was issued to Mr. Deshmukh by senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, chairperson of the State Congress disciplinary committee, in a letter dated May 22. 

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