Overview
- Uttar Pradesh BSP chief Vishwanath Pal announced Rain’s expulsion, saying he encouraged factionalism and ignored multiple warnings.
- An unnamed senior party leader alleged irregularities in ticket distribution and the removal of hard‑working workers from organisational roles.
- Rain rejected the accusations, saying the action may have followed a missed phone call from Mayawati while he was unwell, and he voiced hope of reinstatement.
- Rain had been assigned charge of the Lucknow, Kanpur and Prayagraj mandals on October 16 after two decades of organisational roles in UP and a 2022 stint in Uttarakhand.
- Party accounts also link the dispute to tensions around an October 9 Lucknow rally, a claim Rain’s supporters contest.