Ousted Liberal MP Sangha says comments were ‘taken out of context,’ didn’t get ‘due process’ before expulsion from caucus

The Liberals say Ind. MP Ramesh Sangha has been kicked out for making ‘baseless and dangerous’ claims, but he says party leadership cherry-picked parts of his media interview to justify removing him from caucus.

Two-term Liberal MP Ramesh Sangha was expelled from the caucus on Jan. 25 after an interview with Channel Y, a Punjabi TV network, on Jan. 21 in which he made some disparaging remarks about former innovation minister Navdeep Bains. Mr. Sangha says 'small points have been taken out of the whole context' of the interview and that he didn't get a chance to explain himself to party leadership.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 27, 2021

A Brampton MP who was booted from the Liberal caucus for making controversial comments in a Punjabi language media interview says his comments have been "taken out of context" and he didn't get due process before expulsion. In an interview with The Hill Times, twice-el...

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