Bengaluru, May 27 -- In a significant political development, BJP has expelled disgruntled party MLAs S.T. Somashekar and Shivaram Hebbar for a period of six years.

In an order signed by Om Pathak, Member-Secretary, Central Disciplinary Committee, issued this morning, BJP High Command suspended Somashekar, representing Yeshwanthpur Assembly Constituency in Bengaluru and Hebbar, representing Yellapur in Uttara Kannada District.

"It has accordingly been decided to expel you for a period of six years with immediate effect from primary membership of the party and removed from any party positions for the period as of now," states the order copy expelling the two MLAs.

Both the MLAs had defected to BJP from Congress in 2019, and were among th...