Former Uttarakhand Congress President Kishor Upadhyay has been expelled from the party for six years for anti-party activities amid speculation that he will join the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr Upadhyay was earlier removed from all party posts as a disciplinary action after he met BJP leaders, including the party’s election in-charge for Uttarakhand, Pralhad Joshi.
Speculation is rife that Mr Upadhyay may join the BJP on Thursday and the saffron party is preparing to field him from the Tehri assembly seat, which he won in 2002 and 2007.
Assembly elections in Uttarakhand will be held on February 14.
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