The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken action against former Union Minister and MP Jayant Sinha after he allegedly failed to cast his vote on Monday and issued a show cause notice seeking a reply in two days.
The party claimed that Sinha has not been taking part in “organisational work and election campaigning” ever since Manish Jaiswal was declared a candidate from the Hazaribagh seat in Jharkhand.
“You are not taking any interest in organisational work and election campaigning ever since the party declared Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat. You did not even feel the need to exercise your vote. The party’s image has been maligned because of your conduct,” the notice read.
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Jayant Sinha has been asked to explain his stand within two days.
Earlier in March, Sinha had requested BJP chief JP Nadda to relieve him of his “direct electoral duties”. In a post on X, Sinha said he wanted to focus his “efforts on combating global climate change in Bharat and around the world”.
Following this, the BJP announced Manish Jaiswal as its candidate from the urban constituency of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, which was once represented by Yashwant Sinha and later his son, Jayant Sinha.
Polling was held in three constituencies in Jharkhand during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Monday (May 20). Hazaribagh registered the highest voter turnout of 64.32 per cent, followed by Chatra (62.96 per cent) and Koderma (61.86 per cent).