Bhopal:
The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday expelled senior party leader Raghavji, who has been accused by his domestic help of sexual harassment.
"After watching developments for the last two days in Raghavji's case, with the complainant first addressing the media and later going to the police station to record his statement, the BJP has decided to expel him from its primary membership," Madhya Pradesh BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar said.
The BJP leader, meanwhile, claimed that he would come out clean as he celebrated his 79th birthday in his constituency, Vidisha.
Raghavji recently quit as the state's finance minister after the allegations. He was allegedly asked to quit by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Raghavji had been Finance Minister for nine years.
The police said an FIR has been registered against the minister on a complaint filed by the domestic help.
Sources close to him say that he feels the case against him is politically motivated and that the man who has accused him of sexual exploitation worked part-time for him, occasionally massaged the minister's arms and legs, and had quit a month ago.