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SARAN KICKED OUT OF NDP CAUCAS

 

NDP MLA Mohinder Saran will sit as an independent aft he was kicked out of the NDP Caucus over allegations of sexual harassment.

A complaint surfaced in November of 2016 that Saran had made inappropriate comments and overtures to a subordinate. The NDP suspended Saran from caucus pending an investigation.

Today caucus chair Tom Lindsey released a statement after the decision to boot Saran was made:

“Effective immediately, NDP caucus has determined that Mohinder Saran, MLA for Maples, will no longer be a member of the NDP caucus.

In order to respect the confidentiality of all parties involved, no further comment will be made regarding this decision.

The NDP caucus stands against all forms of sexual harassment.”

 

Saran was elected in 2007 and re elected in 2001 and 2016.  He was given a cabinet post after his public support for Greg Selinger during the leadership race.

The ousting of Saran is a complete flip from the NDP Caucus after earlier in January they had told media that he would be allowed back into caucus if he apologized and agreed to reconciliation with the alleged victim.

In a statement from Saran he denies the allegation of wrong doing.

“I deny the accusations that were made against me. I have respectfully followed the HR process, including cooperating fully with a thorough investigation by third party lawyers, and completing a recommendation of the final HR report.

I would like to make it clear that the recommendation was not a statement of fault and that my completion of it was not an admission of guilt. I chose to complete the recommendation at my own cost in an effort to complete the process for both the staff person and myself.”

 

You can read the entire statement from Saran below

 

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