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Updated: Aug 01, 2019 13:45 IST

The BJP on Thursday expelled Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar , who is an accused in the Unnao rape case and was on Wednesday booked by the CBI for alleged involvement in the survivor’s accident that left her with critical injuries.

Sengar,52, a four-time MLA, is accused of raping the woman in 2017. She was 17-year-old then. The woman and her lawyer were injured and two of her aunts killed on Sunday in Rae Bareli when a speeding truck rammed the car in which they were travelling.

The CBI, in its FIR on the accident, named Sengar, his brother and their alleged associates, identified as Vinod Mishra, Hari Pal Singh, Navin Singh, Komal Singh, Arun Singh, Gyanendra Singh, Rinku Singh and advocate Awadesh Singh.Ten to 15 other people, who weren’t identified, are also suspects.

Read: What Unnao rape survivor has been through since June 2017

The BJP had come under a lot of criticism for failing to take action against Sengar,the Bangarmau MLA, with the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party aggressively raising the issue in Lok Sabha and asking Prime Minister Modi to step in .

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a series of tweets, has attacked the BJP on the issue. “Why do we give people like Kuldeep Sengar the strength and protection of political power and abandon their victims to battle for their lives alone?” Priyanka Gandhi tweeted.

The four time lawmaker, Sengar is accused of raping the girl when she went to meet him along with