Mumbai, April 2 -- The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday suspended seven corporators in the Jalna Municipal Corporation (JMC) with immediate effect for violating party discipline. The corporators were accused of openly supporting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates during the election of nominated members to the civic body. The suspension order was issued following directions from the state president Harshwardhan Sapkal. The Congress had nine corporators in the JMC, and it could have elected at least one nominated member to the civic body. But it faced much embarrassment after its corporators extended support to a BJP nominee during the election. The party conducted an investigation and found seven corporators guilty of cross-voting. Based on the findings, it decided to suspend all seven corporators - Imran Khan, Amanullah Khan, Farhana A. Rauf Ansari, Sunil Ashok Borde, Mayuri Dinesh Dene, Rubina Majid Pathan and Anil Ashok Tirukhe. The action came two months after the Congress suspended Malegaon city president Ejaz Beg for forming a front with the BJP for the Malegaon Municipal Corporation....