The BJP state committee of Tripura has expelled a local leader of Khayerpur Assembly constituency in West Tripura district for circulating "personal videos" on social media platforms, the party said on Sunday.

The expelled leader, however, claimed he has become a victim of a conspiracy to safeguard the interests of others.

Sources said that recently, several video and audio clips of intimate conversations between party leaders, including Manna Dey, the BJP Yuva Morcha Mandal president of Khayerpur, went viral on social media and he allegedly shared several of those clips on social media.

While, BJP’s state general secretary Amit Rakshit in the expelled letter said that ‘it has come to the notice of the party that you have started sharing personal videos on social media. Some other video clips were also being circulated on social media platforms. As a party worker, your action is against the party's discipline and unacceptable."  Such activities have tarnished the party's image and despite repeated warnings about your behaviour, you continue to break the discipline of the party. Therefore, you have been expelled from the party with immediate effect following a directive from the party state president (Rajib Bhattacharjee)," said Rakshit in the expelled letter and added that Manna Dey  has also been relieved from all party posts. Although the expulsion letter was issued on May 24, it was shared on its official Facebook account on Sunday.

Responding to his expulsion, Dey said in a social media post: "I have become a victim of a conspiracy. I love the BJP and accepted the party's decision (of expulsion). I appealed to the party leadership to ensure that no karyakarta becomes a victim to safeguard the interests of others. I will remain grateful to Yuva Morcha activists for whatever work I have done as a leader of Yuva Morcha. The social work will continue. Bharat Mata Ki Jai."