BJP removes Jaswant Singh's son from party

BJP removes Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra from party's national executive

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday removed Manvendra Singh, expelled party leader Jaswant Singh's son who is the MLA from Sheo in Rajasthan, from its national executive. it received complaints that he was soliciting votes for his father in the Barmer Lok Sabha constituency. The BJP had expelled Mr Singh, 76, last month after he entered the race for the Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate from Barmer, protesting against the party's decision to field Col (Retd) Sonaram Chowdhury, a recent import from the Congress.Party workers had submitted "evidence" to their leaders against Manvendra, in the form of photographs and videos. Singh junior was reportedly also photographed in his father's election office. On March 31, four senior party workers were suspended for supporting Mr Singh.Manvendra, who was a journalist and has also been with the territorial army, won the Barmer seat in 2004. He had then defeated Sonaram Chowdhury, the current BJP candidate. He lost the parliamentary election in 2009, after which he contested and won in the Rajasthan assembly polls last year.