India, Nov. 18 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday was forced to quickly reconsider its decision to induct a Palghar local leader into the party, just 24 hours after welcoming him ahead of local body elections.

The decision relates to Kailash Chaudhary, who the BJP had earlier called the "main accused" in the lynching of two sadhus and their driver in Palghar during the Covid-19 lockdown. The sadhus were stoned to death on the night of April 16, 2020, by a vigilante mob over rumours of thieves and child kidnappers operating in the area.

They were travelling from Kandivali in Mumbai to attend a funeral in Surat, when their vehicle was stopped and they were attacked and killed by a mob in Gadchinchile village in Palghar in the p...