Leh:
The BJP in Ladakh has expelled a senior chief after his son eloped with a Buddhist girl and married her.
Nazir Ahmad, 74, state vp of the Ladakh BJP, has been expelled from the first membership of the occasion after his son reportedly eloped with a Buddhist girl greater than a month in the past.
In a press release, the BJP’s Ladakh unit mentioned motion towards its senior chief was taken after he was given an “alternative to make clear about his involvement within the delicate problem of elopement of a Buddhist woman by his son.”
The expulsion order was issued by Ladakh BJP chief Phunchok Stanzin after an government assembly of the occasion on Wednesday.
The BJP in a press release mentioned elopement is “unacceptable to all non secular communities in Ladakh because it jeopardises communal concord and unity among the many individuals of the area”.
The couple married greater than a month in the past and since then they’re untraceable.
The expelled BJP chief mentioned his household was additionally towards the wedding of his son, Manzoor Ahmad, with the Buddhist girl, and he has no thought the place they’re staying for the previous one month.
Mr Ahmad, a veteran BJP loyalist, mentioned he was away on Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia when his son and the lady married in a courtroom.
“My son is 39 years outdated and the lady he married is 35. I consider each had carried out nikah manner again in 2011. Final month, they carried out courtroom marriage after I was away on Haj pilgrimage,” the expelled BJP chief mentioned.
Mr Ahmad mentioned that earlier than he was expelled from the occasion, he was instructed to resign as he was unable to hint his son.
“I do not know why they blame me for the wedding of my son when our complete household was towards it. I’ve tried to hint him. I visited Srinagar and a number of other different locations to search out him,” Mr Ahmad mentioned.