Congress expels leader as BJP steps up attack over ‘links’ to liquor smuggling in Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh Congress has expelled a party functionary, Rahul Jaiswal, from its primary membership following his arrest in connection with the death of a police officer during an operation against an alleged illicit liquor smuggling network. The incident, which occurred in Dewas, has put the opposition party on the defensive as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempts to link the Congress to the controversy.

Jaiswal, who was the in-charge of Khategaon Assembly constituency and previously served as the district Youth Congress president, was taken into custody and a case was registered against him. The BJP has seized on the situation to question the opposition party's association with the illicit liquor mafia and alleged political protection.

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