BJP issues notice to Minority Morcha head

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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 5: Facing criticism over its alleged link with arrested LeT militant Talib Hussain, Disciplinary Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a notice to party’s Minority Morcha president, Sheikh Bashir asking him to explain within 48 hours as why Talib Hussain who was involved in terrorist activities has been appointed as an official of Minority Morcha.
The letter was issued by three member Disciplinary Committee of the party led by its chairman and chief spokesperson of the Party, Sunil Sethi, and Virenderjeet Singh and N D Rajwal as its members.
The excerpts of the letter are “It has come to the notice of Disciplinary Committee that a letter is circulating in media which indicates that you had appointed one Talib as an official of Minority Morcha who has been found involved in terror activities. On enquiry it is found that neither such appointment was authorized by party president nor it was issued by Media Cell of party who is central monitoring unit of party in Jammu Kashmir”, it added .
The letter further said “You are directed to explain your position on above issue within 48 hours . Please clarify whether you have issued order in favour of a person who is not even primary member of party as per official records and without checking credentials of the person. If issued please explain circumstances in which order was issued . Your act of indiscipline, if order is issued by you, has brought adverse publicity to party and is against the national interest. Your reply should reach Disciplinary Committee within 48 hours positively failing which appropriate action will be recommended against you to party president.”