The Haryana Congress has expelled five leaders, including a former MLA, for six years over alleged “anti-party activities.” The expulsion took effect immediately.
The action was taken after reports surfaced indicating that certain party members had engaged in activities against the party’s interests.
Among those expelled is former MLA Rambir Singh. The other four leaders are Vijay Kaushik, Rahul Chaudhary, Pooja Rani, and Rupesh Malik.
A statement from the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee read, “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 MC Elections (2025), the following persons are hereby expelled from the party for 6 years with immediate effect.”
Earlier, on February 20, the Haryana Congress had expelled seven other leaders from various districts for similar reasons related to the upcoming 2025 municipal corporation elections.
These leaders were also suspended for six years following discussions with state in-charge BK Hariprasad.
The list of expelled leaders includes former District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents Tarlochan Singh and Ashok Khurana (Karnal), Member Coordination Committee Pradeep Chaudhary (Karnal), and former District Youth Congress (DYC) president Madhu Chaudhary (Yamuna Nagar). Congress candidate Ram Niwas Rara from the Hisar assembly constituency was also removed from the party. Additionally, Harvinder (Lovely) and Ram Kishan Sain from Gurugram faced expulsion, effective immediately.
Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan expressed concerns about the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the elections, advocating for ballot papers instead.
“We have demanded that elections be conducted using ballot papers instead of EVMs like in Uttarakhand… In every state election, EVMs are being questioned and cases have been registered due to doubts on its authenticity, so ballot papers should be used as permitted under the law,” he said.
He also questioned the delay in vote counting, stating, “Secondly, the counting of votes for all local body elections takes place on the day of the election itself, so why are the results of Haryana Municipal Corporation elections being kept after 10 days?”
