On January 15, Binny called Kejriwal a liar and threatened to expose the party after he was reportedly denied a Lok Sabha ticket.
On January 15, Binny called Kejriwal a liar and threatened to expose the party after he was reportedly denied a Lok Sabha ticket. The following day, Binny accused the party of ignoring promises made by it during its campaign and of having fixed seats during the Assembly elections.
The party had issued him a show-cause notice, threatening to charge him for speaking against the interests of the party, to which Binny only asked for an explanation of the party's constitution. Subsequently, a disciplinary committee headed by AAP's national secretary, Pankaj Gupta, was set up which decided to expel Binny on Sunday. Sources said there had been no further communication with Binny, who has been expelled for bringing disrepute to the party and tarnishing the party's image.
Binny, a former Congress corporator who later won the municipal elections as an independent, defeated Congress' A K Walia to win the Laxmi Nagar seat in the 2013 assembly elections.
His first dissent surfaced when Binny was denied a cabinet berth in the last week of December. Senior members, Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas, spent the better part of the night trying to bring him around and managed to quell his anger. However, the MLA was obviously hoping for bigger things and When he was denied a Lok Sabha ticket from east Delhi, Binny decided that it was enough
Binny's ouster, while necessary for the party considering his frequent tantrums, leaves it more vulnerable. With 27 seats, it needs the support of not just Congress' eight MLAs but also at least one more, either from the independent MLA or the lone MLA from JD(U) Shoaib Iqbal to touch 36 seats, the absolute majority in a house of 70 . Right now it enjoys the support of both the latter but the party will have to be extra careful to retain them.
source - TOI
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