Itanagar, May 8: The Arunachal Pradesh BJP on Tuesday expelled 28 disgruntled party leaders who contested the April 19 assembly elections against the party’s official nominees after being denied tickets.

The now expelled leaders had contested the Assembly polls on tickets of the National People’s Party (NPP), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the People’s Party of Arunachal, and as Independent nominees.

BJP’s state disciplinary action committee headed by Tarh Tarak said the leaders have been expelled from the party for six years, according to a statement issued by the state BJP.

The ruling BJP had fielded 60 candidates in all the Assembly seats in Arunachal, of which 10 were elected unopposed.

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