PATNA: The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to its former vice-president, Pravin Kushwaha, asking him to explain why he should not be expelled from the party for six years for “breaking discipline” in the presence AICC secretary Virendra Singh Rathore during a party workers’ meet at Bhagalpur on Friday.Sources said an unruly scene was created at the workers’ meet after supporters of Kushwaha and Bhagalpur MLA Ajeet Sharma indulged in a verbal wrangle. The trouble began after supporters of Kushwaha and Sharma started shouting slogans in favour of their respective leaders in a show of supremacy.Rathore tried to pacify both the groups, but in vain. He later left the venue.“BPCC’s officiating president Kaukab Quadri has also formed a three-member team led by party leader Jyoti to probe the incident,” state Congress media in-charge H K Verma said on Saturday.Verma said the other two members of the probe team are Harkhu Jha and Samir Kumar Singh. The probe team has been asked to submit its reports to the party’s state committee.Supporters of Kushwaha, in the meantime, have objected to the show-cause notice to him even before the completion of the probe. “When the party has constituted a probe team, let it complete its inquiry and submit a report. How can the party issue a show-cause notice without knowing the findings of the probe committee?” asked a supporter of Kushwaha.When contacted, Kushwaha denied receiving any show-cause notice from the party.

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