Film star Mohan Babu to be expelled from TDP

The Telugu Desam Party has decided to expel Mohan Babu, Rajya Sabha MP and popular film star, for "anti-party activities."

The TDP's disciplinary action committee, which met twice in Hyderabad on October 19, was not satisfied with Babu's reply to the show cause notice issued to him. The DAC then unanimously recommended his expulsion from the party.

DAC member Sobhanadreshwara Rao will now submit the report to party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, TDP sources said.

Naidu is expected to present it to the TDP politburo, the party's highest decision making body, before formally announcing Babu's expulsion.

Mohan Babu has been at loggerheads with the TDP leadership after he was issued a show cause notice for allegedly assaulting another party leader at Tirupati. He had also criticised the TDP leadership for shielding powerbrokers and the corrupt.

Babu went on fast in Hyderabad on October 2 to protest against hi-tech corruption and released a three-phase action programme to fight the phenomenon.

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