<p class="title">The BJP was left red-faced after one of its senior leaders, a former Uttar Pradesh minister, offered his house in Azamgarh town, about 300 kilometres from here, to Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav to open the latter's election office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ex-BJP spokesman I P Singh also posted a message on his Twitter handle criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Modi has turned into prachar mantri (publicity minister)," Singh tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking a serious view of Singh's remarks, the BJP expelled him from the party for six years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Internal democracy is no longer there in the BJP... It's a crime to speak the truth... It seems the BJP does not need grass root workers... It needs only managers,'' Singh said after his expulsion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was considered to be an influential 'thakur' leader in Azamgarh, had welcomed Akhilesh's decision to contest from the seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Azamgarh will progress if Akhilesh wins from there," he said.</p>
<p class="title">The BJP was left red-faced after one of its senior leaders, a former Uttar Pradesh minister, offered his house in Azamgarh town, about 300 kilometres from here, to Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav to open the latter's election office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ex-BJP spokesman I P Singh also posted a message on his Twitter handle criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Modi has turned into prachar mantri (publicity minister)," Singh tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking a serious view of Singh's remarks, the BJP expelled him from the party for six years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Internal democracy is no longer there in the BJP... It's a crime to speak the truth... It seems the BJP does not need grass root workers... It needs only managers,'' Singh said after his expulsion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was considered to be an influential 'thakur' leader in Azamgarh, had welcomed Akhilesh's decision to contest from the seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Azamgarh will progress if Akhilesh wins from there," he said.</p>
