Dhaka, May 6 -- The BNP on Monday expelled three more of its grassroots leaders for participating in the second phase of upcoming upazila elections by violating the party's decision.

With this latest action, the party has so far expelled 143 leaders for contesting the upazila polls in violation of its directives.

Earlier on Saturday, the party expelled 61 grassroots leaders for joining the second phase of upazila elections slated for May 21.

Previously, BNP had expelled 79 leaders of the party and its associated bodies who had filed nominations for chairman, vice-chairman, and female vice-chairman positions in the first phase of upazila polls scheduled for May 8.

A press release issued on Monday said Jamalpur's Dewanganj upazila BNP m...