BJP MLA TO QUIT OVER PARTY’S HINDUTVA STAND

The Bharatiya Janata Party is in for a major setback in Meghalaya with its lone legislator all set to quit the party over its communal credentials. “I am from a Christian state and hence cannot continue to be with the BJP that still has Hindutva and construction of the Ram temple as its main agenda,” AL Hek, legislator from Pynthorumkhrah assembly constituency in East Khasi Hills was reported as saying. He is now contemplating joining the Congress party. “I am open to embracing a secular party,” Hek said. The BJP legislator is, in fact, seeking expulsion from the party to avoid violating the anti-defection law. Once expelled, he can sit in the assembly as an independent supporting the Congress party. “I am examining all options. I am not power hungry,” Hek said.