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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) removed an bureau bearer of its farmers’ helping successful Madhya Pradesh aft helium celebrated his assignment with a ample fig of cars successful his convoy, days aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the countrymen to prevention substance amid the West Asia crisis.
Sajjan Singh Yadav had precocious been appointed the Bhind territory president of BJP’s Kisan Morcha and returned location with overmuch fanfare, starring to postulation woes successful the region. Multiple videos showing his convoy, comprising mostly SUVs with banners of his assignment causing postulation congestions, sparked outrage connected the societal media connected May 13.
In a missive dated May 14, Kisan Morcha’s State portion main Jaipal Chavda said that Mr. Yadav’s assignment has been cancelled connected directions of M.P. BJP main Hemant Khandelwal.
“It has been learned done newspapers and societal media that yesterday, connected May 13, 2026, a Kisan Morcha rally was organised nether your leadership, with a convoy of hundreds of vehicles from Gwalior to Bhind. This enactment of yours is simply a disregard of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entreaty for vigor conservation,” the missive read.
Mr. Chavda said, “The State [unit] organisation has taken this enactment of yours earnestly and considered it arsenic indiscipline. Therefore, arsenic per the instructions of State president Hemant Khandelwal ji, the assignment of Sajjan Singh Yadav, territory president, Kisan Morcha, Bhind, is cancelled.”
The Prime Minister, connected May 10, made an entreaty to radical for the rational usage of fuel-powered vehicles, on with assorted different measures to assistance the state woody with planetary economical uncertainties, proviso concatenation disruptions and inflationary pressures amid the West Asian crisis.
Not a lone incident
Various different ruling enactment leaders person besides been seen flaunting their spot with monolithic convoys and celebrations.
Earlier connected May 11, conscionable a time aft Mr. Modi’s clarion call, BJP person Soubhagya Singh travelled from Ujjain to Bhopal with hundreds of cars to presume his complaint arsenic the caller chairperson of Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation.
BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi, who was precocious facing flak for threatening an IPS serviceman probing his son’s hit-and-run case, was besides seen travelling with a ample convoy, arsenic per videos connected the net and section reports.
Over the week, however, assorted elder BJP leaders successful the State, including Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, person besides followed Mr. Modi successful importantly reducing successful their convoy sizes portion immoderate were besides seen travelling by nationalist transport.
The Opposition Congress launched attacks connected the ruling party, saying BJP leaders “themselves tore Mr. Modi’s entreaty to shreds”.
“On 1 hand, Narendra Modi lectures the state connected utilizing little petrol-diesel, and connected the different hand, leaders from his ain enactment teardrop his entreaty to shreds. This shows that Narendra Modi expects each the sacrifices from the nationalist unsocial portion the radical successful powerfulness tin conscionable bask themselves,” the Congress said connected X, reacting to Mr. Saubhagya Singh’s convoy video.
