DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday expelled Roorkee mayor Gaurav Goel from the saffron fold for six years due to his "anti-party activities".
Manveer Singh Chauhan, BJP's state media in-charge said, "Gaurav Goel has been expelled from the party on the directions of state president Madan Kaushik. He was found indulging in anti-party activities." Goel was continuously at loggerheads with BJP's councillors in the Roorkee Municipal Corporation and was making statements against the party line, said Chauhan.