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UP : Mayawati's close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui expelled from BSP

by India Blooms News Service 10 May 2017, 08:52 am

Lucknow, May 10 (IBNS) : Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday expelled senior party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui and his son Afzal on the ground of anti-party activities,reports said.

Announcing this, BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra said Naseemudding has also been accused of accepting money from the people in return for work.

Naseemuddin, a prominent Muslim face in the BSP, was said to be one of the closest aides of Mayawati.

He was the party's in-charge of Madhya Pradesh while his son Afzal was a zonal coordinator.

BSP suffered a humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections bagging only 19 of the total 403 seats.