₹50 lakh fund misuse allegations: BJP issues show-cause notice to U.P’s Fatehpur district president

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to its Fatehpur district president, Mukhlal Pal, following allegations of swindling ₹50 lakh meant for the party fund. Pal has been directed to submit his response within seven days.

BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary has set up a three-member committee to look into the matter. The allegations stem from a complaint by Ajit Gupta, former state vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), who alleged that Pal retained the amount instead of forwarding it to the party.

The complaint, which later circulated on social media, claimed that Pal had promised him an organisational post through regional president Prakash Pal in exchange for depositing ₹50 lakh into the party fund. Gupta claimed that the money never reached the party and was instead kept by Pal.

BJP state general secretary Govind Narayan Shukla stated that the inquiry committee, comprising state general secretaries Anup Gupta, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan, and state secretary Shankar Lal Lodhi, has been tasked with examining the allegations. “The committee will submit its report within a week, and Mukhlal Pal has been asked to present his clarification,” he said.

Both Mukhlal Pal and Ajit Gupta remained unavailable for comment.