Vinay Pradhan Congress

A Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh who was suspended last month for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" on a WhatsApp group, has been expelled from the party for six years. He was the Congress chief of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district.

The Congress leader who was suspended for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu", has quit the party, saying he would launch a campaign soon for a "Pappu-mukt" (Pappu-free) India - an apparent take-off on the BJP slogan of "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India).

Congress leader Vinay Pradhan, who was suspended as the party's Meerut District President for describing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" in a WhatsApp message, on Wednesday said he, along with other aggrieved Congress members, will soon launch a campaign to make India "Pappu-mukt" (free of Pappu).

A Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh who was suspended last month for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" on a WhatsApp group, has been expelled from the party for six years. He was the Congress chief of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district.

The Congress leader who was suspended for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu", has quit the party, saying he would launch a campaign soon for a "Pappu-mukt" (Pappu-free) India - an apparent take-off on the BJP slogan of "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India).

Congress leader Vinay Pradhan, who was suspended as the party's Meerut District President for describing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" in a WhatsApp message, on Wednesday said he, along with other aggrieved Congress members, will soon launch a campaign to make India "Pappu-mukt" (free of Pappu).