Expelled Janata Dal (United) leader Sabir Ali on Saturday wrote a letter to the Bharatiya Janata Party unit of Bihar asking them to put his membership on hold till party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's allegations on him are cleared.
"I have written a letter to Dharmendra Pradhan saying that they can set up a committee to enquire the allegations made against me. If they will be able to prove any charges I will quit politics and they can put my membership on hold until the charges are cleared," said Ali.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi opposed the induction of expelled Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sabir Ali into the party on grounds that he has been named as one of the alleged accused in the murder of music mogul Gulshan Kumar and was a friend of Indian Mujahideen Chief Yasin Bhatkal.
Naqvi yesterday, directly attacking Ali, had tweeted "Terrorist Bhatakal friend join BJP, soon accepting Dawood".
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