New Delhi: Subramanian Swamy, Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi are prominent figures outside the BJP National Executive Committee. Their names were not included in the new committee announced on Thursday. All three have been criticized by dissidents within the BJP.
Subramanian Swamy, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, has changed his bio on Twitter after being removed from the executive committee. He had removed the term ‘BJP National Executive Committee member’ from his Twitter profile. With this, Subramanian Swamy’s Twitter profile does not have any status associated with the BJP. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP, former Union Cabinet Minister, Harvard PhD in Economics; Professor etc. can be found in the bio.
Subramanian Swamy is one of the main critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic policies. He also slammed former finance minister Arun Jaitley and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Modi cabinet. Swamy, who is close to the RSS, has at times defended the party.
Varun Gandhi is another leader who has been left out of the executive committee, which has provoked strong reactions, including the Lakhimpur Kheri attack. The BJP has also removed mother Maneka Gandhi from the executive committee. It is learned that references to the farmers’ agitation prompted the BJP to take stern action against them.
Union Ministers Rao Inderjit Singh, Prahlad Patel, Suresh Prabhu, Dushyant Singh, Vijay Goel, Vinay Kathiar, S.S. Ahluwalia is also not included in the new list. The BJP’s National Executive Committee consists of 80 members.
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