Overview

• On June 11, the All India Congress Committee’s Disciplinary Action Committee expelled Laxman Singh from primary membership for six years, citing repeated anti-party activities.
• Singh triggered the disciplinary process after calling Rahul Gandhi and Robert Vadra “naive” on April 25 and accusing Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah of colluding with terrorists following the Pahalgam terror attack.
• The party issued him a show-cause notice on May 9 and deemed his explanation unsatisfactory before approving his expulsion.
• He has publicly stated that he will not join the BJP and intends to confer with friends and allies about his next steps in Madhya Pradesh politics.
• Madhya Pradesh BJP chief V.D. Sharma criticized the expulsion as proof that Congress does not tolerate truthful criticism from its own ranks.