BJP may expel Katara from parliamentary party soon

Hoping to cut its losses, an embarrassed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to move early to expel its Gujarat MP Babubhai Katara from the parliamentary party.
A day after the MP from Dahod was arrested for trying to smuggle a woman and her son on his wife and son's passports to Toronto, party leaders admitted on Thursday that the episode could be damaging to the party that has always tried to take the high moral ground.
The Katara episode is a jolt to the BJP, more so as it has taken place amid the ongoing elections in Uttar Pradesh.
According to airport sources, Katara and Paramjit were just "a chance catch". A woman, Simran, had misplaced her passport and officials began investigating. When questioned, Paramjit blurted out her own name instead of saying Shardaben.
19/04/07 Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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