Hajipur (Bihar), May 28: A local court today rejected the bail application of expelled Samata Party MLA Sunil Pandey in connection with the case of abduction of a doctor here last year. Chief judicial magistrate of Vaishali, A K Sharan turned down the bail plea of Pandey, who was arrested from his Patna residence on May 23, in connection with the kidnapping of Dr Gajendra Singh for ransom. Pandey's name had also figured in the abduction of eminent Bihar neurosurgeon Dr Ramesh Chandra this month. Though he had denied his role in the two kidnappings, Samata Party president George Fernandes had expelled him from the primary membership of the party on May 26. Bureau Report