Shimla, June 9 -- The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee's disciplinary committee on Tuesday expelled former Chief Parliamentary Secretary and party vice-president Neeraj Bharti from the party for six years over his recent social media posts targeting Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, senior party leaders and the state government.

The decision was taken unanimously during the first meeting of the disciplinary committee, chaired by former state Congress president Kuldeep Singh Rathore.

The meeting was attended by Industry Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan, MLAs Hardeep Singh Bawa, Ashish Butail, Anuradha Rana and Bhawani Singh Pathania, who joined virtually, along with AICC Secretary (Organisation) Vinod Zinta and other committee membe...