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The workers and leaders were expelled for not following party discipline and attempting to break the BJP.

The harsh disciplinary move by the BJP came just ahead of the Assembly elections on November 20.

Significantly, Tuesday the BJP expelled 30 leaders from Jharkhand for contesting as Independent candidates against party nominees in various Assembly seats in the upcoming polls in the state.

In Maharashtra, senior BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrashekar Bawankule have warned that action will be taken against rebels after the crucial polls are over.

State BJP chief Bawankule said the party will crack the whip against rebels and suspend them for six years.

"We will be closing the party's doors for them and they will be suspended for six years. This process is going on and we are doing an analysis of who left (rebels) and who all left with them. Subsequently, action will be taken," he said.

The party has been facing internal woes due to resentment by leaders over various issues including ticket distribution and on Tuesday the BJP received a major jolt after its two-term MP Hina Gavit quit the party.

To make matters worse, she decided to contest defying the party’s diktat from the Akkalkuwa constituency as an Independent.

In her resignation letter, Hina Gavit, who is the daughter of BJP minister and nominee Dr Vijaykumar Gavit, said, “I am resigning so that the party does not face any problem because of my decision to contest as an Independent.”

The Jharkhand BJP on Tuesday expelled 30 leaders from the party for contesting as Independent candidates against party nominees in various Assembly seats in the upcoming polls.

All the rebel BJP leaders were expelled from the party for six years.

"Thirty rebel BJP leaders were expelled from the party for six years for filing nominations and contesting against the authorised candidates by defying the party's policies," a statement issued by the BJP in Jharkhand said.

(IANS)

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This time, IDCO's junior manager Bijay Kumar Uday Singh is under vigilance scanner in a case for possessing disproportionate assets (DA).

The Odisha Vigilance is conducting simultaneous searches at six different places, including the accused's residence in Bhubaneswar.

The raids are being conducted at Acharya Vihar, Puri, Jankia IDCO Office, Jankia Crusher Unit. In addition, searches are underway at one of his relatives' house in Samantarapur in Bhubaneswar.

Eight DSPs, an identical number of Inspectors and other supporting staff are conducting searches.

More details are awaited in the case as searches are underway.

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The defeat leaves Real Madrid with six points from its first four matches in the tournament, with a visit to play Liverpool at Anfield next on the agenda, and more than the result, coach Carlo Ancelotti will be worried by a poor performance from his side, who had a rest at the weekend.

The game was just 12 minutes old when Malick Thiaw put Milan ahead with a near-post finish from a corner that was poorly defended by the home side, reports Xinhua.

Real Madrid reacted well and was level after 23 minutes when the VAR decreed a penalty against Vinicius Jr committed by Emerson, who left his foot high to bring down the winger.

Vinicius picked himself up and scored with a chipped penalty into the middle of the Milan goal.

On many occasions, Real Madrid goes on to overwhelm rivals, but Milan didn't allow themselves to be intimidated by the equalizer, and after Tijani Reijnders forced a fine save from Andriy Lunin, Spain international Alvaro Morata restored their lead.

Morata, always the subject of jibes in the Bernabeu, reacted faster than anyone to nod home after Lunin had done well to save from Rafael Leao.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti brought on Eduardo Camavinga and Brahim Diaz at halftime but it didn't inspire his side, with Leao wasting a counter-attack and Morata hitting the woodwork, before Reijnders made it 3-1 from close range after a powerful run down the left from Leao.

Antonio Rudiger thought he had pulled a goal back with 10 minutes left, but his volley after Mark Maignan's poor clearance was ruled out for a very tight offside.

Lunin made another block to deny Ruben Loftus Cheek and Maignan denied Brahim as Milan held on for a deserved win.

Girona was the first Spanish team in action Tuesday, but suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat away to PSV Eindhoven, who took an easy win with goals from Ryan Flamingo and Malik Tillman, who put it 2-0 up by halftime.

Johan Bakayoko netted an individual goal in the 83rd minute and Ladislav Krejci ended Girona's misery with an own goal five minutes later. The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the second half after Arnau Martinez was sent off for a second yellow card.

(IANS)

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