Haryana Congress expels five leaders for six years over ‘anti-party’ activities

The Congress unit in Haryana on Thursday expelled five leaders for six years for indulging in anti-party activities.

“Consequent upon the receipt of reports through various means of communications pertaining to party leaders/workers having found indulged in anti-party activities in the recent past during ongoing process of Municipal Corporation Elections (2025), the following persons are hereby expelled from the party for 6 years with immediate effect,” reads a party order issued by Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan.

Among those who have been expelled include former MLA Rambir Singh.

The four other leaders are Vijay Kaushik, Rahul Choudhary, Pooja Rani and Rupesh Malik.

It said the order had been issued in consultation with BK Hariprasad, who is in charge of party affairs in Haryana.

On February 19, the Haryana Congress expelled seven of its leaders over ‘anti-party’ activities ahead of civic polls slated for next month.

Former District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents of Karnal, Tarlochan Singh and Ashok Khurana, party leaders from Yamunanagar, Pradeep Chaudhary and Madhu Chaudhary, senior leader from Hisar, Ram Niwas Rara, party leader from Gurugram, Harvinder, and PCC delegate, Gurugram, Ram Kishan Sain were among those expelled.

Rara and Singh had recently joined the ruling BJP, reported PTI.

Rara had unsuccessfully contested the previous assembly polls while Singh was defeated by former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar from the Karnal assembly seat in the 2019 assembly elections. He lost to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in the May 2024 assembly by-election in the seat.

The Haryana State Election Commission had recently announced that the general elections for seven municipal corporations, four municipal councils, and 21 municipal committees will be held on March 2, while voting for the Panipat municipal corporation will take place on March 9.

Polling for the municipal corporations of Faridabad, Gurugram, Manesar, Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak and Yamunanagar will be held on March 2.