After showing door to Margaret Alva, the Congress on Thursday relieved Yogendra Makwana as chairman of its Scheduled Caste department. And the reason cited was “gross indiscipline” for publicly criticizing the party’s functioning.

“The party has taken a serious view of his conduct and consequently the Congress president has relieved him from the chairmanship of the SC department of the AICC with immediate effect,” general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.

Dr. Makwana, a former Union Minister had been publicly criticising the party’s policies and functioning for quite a long time.

But the controversy took a new turn when he joined issue with Mrgaret Alva and demanded a probe into the allegation of selling tickets in various state elections.

Alva had leveled the charge of nepotism in the selection of candidates for the coming Assembly elections. She resigned as party General Secretary on Tuesday.