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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show-cause notice to MP Jayant Sinha for allegedly failing to cast his vote and neglecting party work. Sinha, who is the sitting MP from the Hazaribagh seat in Jharkhand, has been asked to explain his stand within two days.
The BJP's action against Sinha comes after he expressed his desire not to contest the Lok Sabha polls in March. Sinha had said that he wanted to focus his efforts on combating global climate change.
The BJP has fielded Harsh Malhotra from the east Delhi constituency, replacing its incumbent MP Gambhir.
The election machinery of the BJP, which has conducted extensive surveys and held long deliberations on every Lok Sabha seat decided not to repeat Gautam Gambhir and Jayant Sinha, sources had told NDTV.
Polling was held in three constituencies in Jharkhand's second round of Lok Sabha constituencies today. In the Gandey assembly by-poll where jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren is the JMM contestant, 68.26 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise.
Hazaribagh registered the highest voter turnout of 64.32 per cent, followed by Chatra (62.96 per cent) and Koderma (61.86 per cent).
Source: "You Didn't Even Vote": BJP Sends Show-Cause Notice To MP Jayant Sinha