New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday expelled its sitting MP from Jaunpur, Dhananjay Singh, who is facing several criminal cases including murder and rape, for anti-party activities.
Singh, who was elected as MP on BSP ticket in 2009 Lok Sabha elections, had announced to contest as an Independent candidate after being denied ticket by the party.
BSP zonal coordinator of Mirzapur and Varanasi Ram Kumar Kureel on Monday said that party chief Mayawati has directed to expel Singh for not acting "as per the norms".
He is expected to file his nomination papers on Tuesday.
Dhananjay Singh, accused in a rape case, was granted interim bail by a court in New Delhi on April 15.
Additional Sessions Judge Sarita Birbal granted bail to Dhananjay Singh till May 20, after the complainant in the case withdrew the rape charge levelled against him.
The trial court had directed him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like amount.
Dhananjay Singh who is also an accused along with his wife in connection with the alleged murder of their maid, was granted temporary bail for a week from April 14 to April 21 by the Supreme Court on April 9, so that he could file his nomination papers from Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency.
The complainant, a married railway employee who had lodged a rape case against Singh made a U-turn and told the court that the accused had done nothing wrong with her and she has deposed against the accused in front of a magistrate under pressure from relatives.
Facing trial under various charges dealing with rape, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation, Dhananjay Singh, MP from Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, was charge sheeted on January 31 for allegedly repeatedly raping the woman between July 2005 and March 2009.
He was charged under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including Sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offence), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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