Rajasthan MLA known for his 'condoms in JNU' remark quits BJP

November 19, 2018 09:26

Miffed over being denied a ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, Ramgarh MLA Gyan Deo Ahuja quit the party on Sunday and announced he will contest the polls as an Independent candidate.

Ahuja hit national headlines in 2016 during the JNU controversy for claiming that thousands of 'used condoms' were found at the university campus, 'where girls and boys dance naked in cultural programmes'.

Since last Sunday, when the BJP released its first list of candidates for the December 7 polls, several party MLAs, including a state minister, have resigned.

The party has so far declared 170 out of total 200 candidates in three lists.

"My name was dropped by the party without taking me into confidence. I was not even told about the reason why my name was dropped. After pressure from my supporters and family members, I resigned from the party. I will now contest the elections from Sanganer seat," Ahuja said.

"I had demanded a ticket from Sanganer after the other candidate was given the ticket from Ramgarh but the party did not fulfil my demand. Therefore, I decided to contest as an independent candidate," he said.

Ahuja said he had sent his resignation to the state BJP president Madan Lal Saini.

He said he will file his nomination papers on Monday and issues of 'gau raksha' (cow protection) and construction of a Ram temple on Ram Janmabhoomi will be on his agenda.

Ahuja, in the past, had also supported mob lynching of cattle smugglers and had recently courted controversy by saying Nehru wasn't a 'Pandit' because he 'ate beef and pork'. -- PTI, agency inputs

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