Rajasthan BJP issues notice to Rebel MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari

JAIPUR: Walking on a track parallel to his own ruling party, senior BJP legislator Ghanshyam Tiwari was served with a notice by the state party's disciplinary committee for 'anti-party' activities.
Famous for bashing chief minister Vasundhara Raje, the senior BJP MLA has claimed to be fighting 'corruption' and ' misgovernance' of his own government for the past two years.His fight, mainly against CM Vasundhara Raje, is rooted through his own organization 'Deendayal Vahini'. Under the Vahini's banner, he has been touring the state and gathering support against the government.
The party on its part sidelined him and despite being a senior member, Tiwari was also denied a berth in Raje's cabinet. However, the state unit chose to remain mum over his actions prior to this.
The notice issued by the disciplinary committee questions Tiwari's decision to launch his own party, make statements against the state unit and boycott party meetings. A reply has been sought within 10 days from him or else, disciplinary action will be initiated.
Tiwari on Sunday claimed he had not received any notice till then. "I have not received any notice yet, but when I do, I will 'aptly' reply to it," said Tiwari. The senior MLA insisted that he had never acted or spoken against the party and that his fight has been against corruption and misgovernance of the state government.
"When have I launched a party? The formation of the 'Deendayal Vahini' that has been questioned by the state party president Ashok Parnami, was done 28 years ago - much before Parnami started his political career," said Tiwari.
A steady flow of supporters was witnessed at his residence on Sunday, whom Tiwari addressed. "The fight against corruption is like JP Movement. The day Sanganer unit of Deendayal Vahini has 6,000 members; we will launch a major fight against corruption from here. It will be our own 'Navnirman Andolan'," he said in his address. His supporters also held a 'bike-rally' in his support in Sanganer on Sunday. According to party sources, an action against Tiwari has been necessitated because he has reportedly refused to accept Raje as the party leader in the upcoming assembly elections.