Bhubaneshwar: Orissa's BJD yesterday expelled Harihara Swain one of its 11 members in the Lok Sabha for voting for the UPA government that won a confidence vote in parliament.

Against the whip

The BJD had issued a whip on Sunday, asking all its MPs to vote against the Congress-led UPA government during trust vote.

Swain, who represents Aska constituency, had differences with party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He supported the UPA government to express his anger against Patnaik, his supporters said.

"Proceedings will be started to disqualify him from Lok Sabha membership," Patnaik said, adding that Swain has also been expelled from the party.