Shimla, June 7 -- Former Congress MLA Neeraj Bharti has been expelled from the party's primary membership for six years due to "anti-party" activities. In an order issued on Saturday, District Congress Committee Kangra president Anurag Sharma said, "Considering the anti-party activities and conduct found against the organisational discipline and party interests, it has been decided to expel you from primary membership of the Indian National Congress for 6 years with immediate effect." Earlier during the day, Himachal Pradesh agriculture minister Chander Kumar termed the accusations made by his son and former MLA Neeraj Bharti against chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as "baseless and without facts." Bharti resigned as vice-president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) on Thursday, submitting his resignation to state unit president Vinay Kumar and district president Anurag Sharma. The move came hours after Sharma served him a show-cause notice for repeatedly criticising the state government on social media. The party accepted the resignation on Friday, and Bharti's social media accounts have since been blocked following a barrage of critical posts. htc...