From Jaswant to Kalyan and Azad: BJP's intolerance for rebels

RSS-backed party has never tolerated defiance in full public glare

2014: Nine-term BJP MP Jaswant Singh was expelled for a period of six years. His refusal to withdraw his independent nomination from Barmer constituency cost him party membership. This was second time that Singh was expelled. 

Another leader Subhash Maharia, former union minister, contesting as an independent from Sikar constituency in Rajasthan against BJP nominee was also expelled.

2009: Jaswant Singh, MP earlier expelled from the BJP in 2009 for praising the founder of Pakistan in his book 'Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence' was reinducted ten months after at the behest of L K Advani.

2008: Eight MPs expelled for voting infavour of or abstaining during the no-confidence motion against the UPA government. They were Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Manjunath, Chandrabhan Singh, H T Sangliana, Manorama, Haribhav Madhav, Babubhai Kataraand and Somabhai Patel. Most of them have since returned to the party's fold.

 

2006: BJP's Delhi heavyweight Madan Lal Khurana was expelled for anti-party activities. Khurana openly spoke against Advani at a rally.

2005: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti was shown the door for revolting against then party president LK Advani.

2000: Govindacharya, the leader credited with introducing "social engineering" as part of the BJP's electoral strategy, was shown the door for terming A B Vajpayee as the party's mukhota. Shankar S Vaghela, party'sGujarat strongman, was thrown out after he led a rebellion against Suresh Mehta-led BJP government in the state

1999: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh lost party membership for six years. Singh once used to be Hindutva posterboy of the party.