Pandey in trouble. ANI
Patna, July 24
The BJP on Sunday suspended its Bihar Legislative Council member Tunna Ji Pandey from the party after he was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl on a train.
The suspension order came along with a show-cause notice asking Pandey to explain his conduct.
“The party has suspended Pandey and issued a show-cause notice to him in view of the allegations levelled against him. The party believes in standards and that purity must be maintained in politics,” Bihar BJP vice-president Sanjay Mayukh told PTI.
Pandey was arrested by rail police in Hajipur on Sunday morning on the charge of sexually harassing a minor girl on board the Howrah-Gorakhpur Poorvanchal Express. PTI
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