Maharashtra Lynching Case Accused Joins BJP, Party Halts Membership Amid Row

Maharashtra lynching case accused joins BJP, party halts membership amid row

On Sunday, Kashinath Chaudhari, along with over 3,000 supporters, formally joined the BJP in Dahanu in the presence of MP Hemant Savara and the party's district President Bharat Rajput. But as a result of the widespread backlash, the BJP has temporarily halted his membership.

Maharashtra: BJP puts on hold induction of Palghar leader accused in 2020 lynching of monks

The party had defended the move to induct Kashinath Choudhary into BJP saying that he was not named as an accused by the police of CBI.

Maharashtra politics heat up as BJP stops Kashinath Choudhary’s entry linked to Palghar lynching

New Delhi: A major political controversy has sparked controversy in Maharashtra after the BJP temporarily stopped the induction of Kashinath Choudhary, a leader from Palghar who has been linked by opponents to the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case. The case, in which two sadhus and their driver were brutally killed, remains one of the most sensitive incidents in the state till this day. Choudhary was welcomed into the BJP at an event in Palghar, bu…