SAD expels senior leaders Brahmpura, Ajnala for 'anti-party activities'

The Shiromani Akali Dal Sunday expelled senior leaders Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and Rattan Singh Ajnala from the party's primary membership for six years.

As the two leaders were indulging in "anti-party activities", the core committee of the Akali Dal took the decision with a "heavy heart", SAD senior leader Harcharan Bains said.

Brahmpura's son Ravinder PalSingh Brahmpura and Ajnala's son Amarpal Singh Boni too were ousted for six years from the primary membership of the party, Bains told reporters here.

Bains said the party regretted that Brahampura and Ajnala along with their sons, "have recently been acting in a manner which showed utter insensitivity and disregard for the immense respect and the liberal and magnanimous treatment extended to them by party leaders, Parkash Singh Badal and the party president Sukhbir Singh Badal."
A day after veteran leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa resigned on September 30, Brahmpura, Ajnala and Sekhwan had virtually raised a banner of revolt saying "all was not well within the party."