<p class="bodytext">Former union minister K H Muniyappa on Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and urged her to expel former Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and others leaders from Kolar district for alleged anti-party activities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Alleging that Ramesh Kumar, former minister V Muniyappa, Nazeer Ahmed and senior leader S N Narayanaswamy had worked against him in the last Lok Sabha polls, he said that he had requested the party top brass to expel these leaders from the party immediately.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muniyappa, who lost against BJP candidate S Muniswamy in Kolar Lok Sabha seat, told reporters that a large number of Congress leaders had supported the BJP candidate and that there was a need to clean up the party now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muniyappa, who is also lobbying for the Karnataka Pradesh Congress president's post, said that he had requested the party leaders to elicit views from all leaders before appointing the new president.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Former union minister K H Muniyappa on Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and urged her to expel former Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and others leaders from Kolar district for alleged anti-party activities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Alleging that Ramesh Kumar, former minister V Muniyappa, Nazeer Ahmed and senior leader S N Narayanaswamy had worked against him in the last Lok Sabha polls, he said that he had requested the party top brass to expel these leaders from the party immediately.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muniyappa, who lost against BJP candidate S Muniswamy in Kolar Lok Sabha seat, told reporters that a large number of Congress leaders had supported the BJP candidate and that there was a need to clean up the party now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muniyappa, who is also lobbying for the Karnataka Pradesh Congress president's post, said that he had requested the party leaders to elicit views from all leaders before appointing the new president.</p>