Mumbai:

The president of the city unit of Yuva Morcha, the BJP’s youth wing, Ganesh Pandey, has been expelled from the party following a complaint made by a senior woman office-bearer about molestation.

The party decided to expel Pandey ater taking into account a personal hearing by city BJP chief Ashish Shelar and office-bearer Sunil Karjatkar.

“The party has taken serious note of a complaint and asked for his resignation on Friday. The party will not hestitate to take action on complaints by female party workers and hence has dissolved the Youth Wing and suspended Pandey’s primary membership,” said Shelar.

The woman party worker, in a letter to the BJP Mumbai unit chief, had alleged that the party’s Pandey called her to his room late in the night where she saw him drinking with his friends and then asked her obscene questions. He also made dirty jokes on her and held her hand when she was on the way to her room, said the report.

The complainant also clarified the reason for the delay in complaining about the incident, “I was not sure whether to complain as it would malign the image of our party but later decided to go ahead to prevent such incidents,” stated the complaint.