Upset with Tomar, Kejriwal may expel him from AAP

June 12, 2015 09:56

Television channels are reporting that former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar may be expelled from the Aam Aadmi Party, just days after he was arrested for allegedly forging his degrees..

Reports quoted sources as saying that at a meeting at party chief Arvind Kejriwal's residence late last night, many leaders including the chief minister, were in favour of expelling Tomar.

Kejriwal, sources said, is upset with the 49-year-old leader for allegedly showing him a fake Right to Information reply from a college in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad from where he claims to have completed his graduation.

A decision on the matter could be taken in today or on Saturday.

The recent Tomar episode has brought huge flak to the AAP government, which rode to power with an emphatic win in the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections.

In the dock over his alleged fake degrees, Tomar, the first time MLA continues to be grilled by the Delhi Police which has said he would be taken to Bihar today for verification of his law degree.

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