Jethmalani sues BJP over his expulsion from the party



Ram Jethmalani was expelled from the BJP for six years after publicly attacking senior leaders

Senior counsel Ram Jethmalani has sued BJP parliamentary board members, except Narendra Modi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, over his expulsion from the party in May this year.



Jethmalani had moved the Delhi High Court on October 5 but it is only now that the details of the suit have been made public.



The former Rajya Sabha member of the saffron party is, however, not pressing for an urgent hearing in the matter.



The 90-year-old Supreme court lawyer has demanded Rs 50 lakh from each of the 11 members of parliamentary board, including senior leader L.K. Advani.



In his defamation petition, he said he was expelled from the party without being given any reason and that the action was arbitrary.

Jethmalani, however, has excluded former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from the list of respondents.



He has claimed that the board has no power to sack him.



Jethmalani was expelled for six years after he publicly attacked Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in May this year.



