Citing ‘anti-party activities’, Mayawati expels 3 BSP functionaries who attended wedding of SP candidate’s brother | Lucknow News
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday expelled three senior office-bearers of the Meerut unit after they allegedly attended the wedding of Farman Ali, the brother of Sumbul Rana, the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for the Meerapur Assembly bypolls. Those expelled are Prashant Gautam, the Meerut division incharge of the party unit; Mahavir Singh, the Meerut district in charge; and Dinesh Kazipur. The BSP cited that they were involved in “anti-party activities” despite being warned by the party leadership. Sumbul Rana, 33, is the daughter of BSP national general secretary and former Rajya Sabha member Munquad Ali. She was married in 2010 to Shah Alam, the son of former BSP Muzaffarnagar MP Kadir Rana. Sumbul joined the Samajwadi Party later and is now a prominent face of the SP in western Uttar Pradesh. Her brother Farman’s wedding took place in Ghaziabad on November 7. “I have been a devoted worker of the BSP for the last several years. I have had a strong relationship with the party’s senior leader, Babu Munquad Ali. I attended …




