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India's ruling party expels rape suspect

Ndtv Online
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday expelled one of its lawmakers after a car crash in which a woman who had accused him of rape was injured.
There was confusion in BJP over Kuldeep Singh Sengar”s status hours after news emerged that the jailed four-time lawmaker
had been expelled by the BJP amid waves of public outrage.
Sources say the ruling party finally cut its losses feeling that the incident "was bringing a bad name to the party and damaging its reputation".
The message from Delhi apparently missed the party's UP chief, the only BJP leader to come on record on Kuldeep Sengar.
"Kuldeep Sengar remains suspended," BJP's Uttar Pradesh Chief Swatantra Dev Singh told reporters. However, in the evening he clarified that Sengar had indeed been expelled.
"Expelling someone is not in the domain of state presidents. It is the central leadership's prerogative. In Kanpur when I said he is suspended, 1 had no knowledge of the centre leadership decision. As of now, Sengar is expelled," he said.
The BJP's move, described by critics as a year in coming comes days after the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer were critically wounded and two of her relatives were killed in a car crash on Sunday involving a speeding truck that had its number plate painted black.
The girl is still critical and on the ventilator, a hospital said yesterday in its latest update.
The girl's family has accused Sengar of plotting the crash, which is being investigated by the CBI.
The BJP was repeatedly confronted with questions about its apparent sloth in acting against the lawmaker. Sources say after the party suspended Sengar last year, it waited for "the law to take its own course".
Ultimately, the decision came from BJP chief Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda, sources say. "The onus of proving his innocence is on Sengar," they told NDTV.
The police complaint accusing Sengar of a role in the car crash reportedly led to a rethink in the party; its top leaders believed the BJP should not be seen defending a lawmaker accused of murder besides rape.
The Unnao rape case became a saga of police callousness, administrative neglect and the harassment of a young girl and her helpless family by a politician who seemed to enjoy leniency at every step. Despite sharp criticism, the ruling party acted only a year after his arrest for rape.