BSP expells its MP who said there was nothing wrong in Modi’s remark

Lucknow, 17 July 2013

Vijay Bahadur Singh, a member of parliament from Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)has been expelled days after he supported a remark by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Vijay Bahadur Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP had said “If Modi says that he feels bad if a puppy gets crushed under the wheels of his car, then it shows that he is a sensitive and compassionate person. He is not referring to any community…his remarks are being misinterpreted.” (Read Modi’s Reuters interview)

Hours after her MP’s support for Mr Modi, Mayawati had said he would be penalized. Today, the party said Mr Singh’s remarks are against the BSP’s “philosophy and principles.”