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Jun 29, 2009, 9:46:27 AM6/29/09
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India Express BuzzMonday, June 29, 2009 7:10 PM IST

IANS First Published : 29 Jun 2009 09:13:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 29
Jun 2009 01:13:44 PM IST

SHILLONG: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in for a major setback
in Meghalaya with its lone legislator all set to quit the party over
its alleged 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," A.L. Hek, legislator from Pynthorumkhrah assembly
constituency in East Khasi Hills, told IANS.

The veteran BJP leader is now contemplating joining the Congress
party.

"I am open to embracing a secular party," Hek said.

The state unit of the BJP is planning disciplinary action against Hek
for hobnobbing with the ruling Congress.

"We are keenly watching the development and might take action," a
senior BJP leader 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.

The BJP in the northeast suffered a major blow in the recently
concluded Lok Sabha elections when both its sitting MPs in Arunachal
Pradesh - Khiren Rijuju and Tapir Gao - lost the polls to the Congress.

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