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Rebel JD(U) leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar disqualified from Rajya Sabha

End of the road for Sharad Yadav?

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Rebel JDU MPs Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar were disqualified from the Rajya Sabha tonight, according to a communication from chairman of the House M Venkaiah Naidu.
Naidu in his communication said they cease to be Rajya Sabha members with immediate effect.

The Rajya Sabha chairman agreed to the JDU's contention that the two senior leaders had "voluntarily given up" their membership by defying their party's directives and attending events of opposition parties.
The JDU had sought their disqualification on the grounds that they had attended a rally of opposition parties in Patna in violation of its direction.

 It was Kumar's decision to tie up with the BJP in July this year that caused a split between the two as Yadav opposed the move and announced his support to the Congress and the RJD. An overwhelming number of elected party members and most office bearers remained with Kumar.

While the Yadav faction will continue to contest the EC's decision in courts, it will float a new party to carry on with its politics. On October 27, Sharad Yadav had been given an eight-day extension to rebel JDU leader Sharad Yadav to explain his stand over JD(U)’s disqualification notice against him.

Yadav was served a notice on October 18 by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to appear and explain his position before Upper House Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu by October 30. Leader of JD(U) in Rajya Sabha RCP Singh wrote to Naidu seeking Yadav's disqualification.

Yadav had written to the Secretariat on October 23 seeking eight weeks to appear before it but the Rajya Sabha Secretariat ha only given him time till November 8 to present his case. Yadav was re-nominated to the Upper House in May last year. However, in August he was removed from post of Leader of House of JD(U) in for ‘indulging in anti-party activities’. Doing some plain talk, Rajya Sabha Secretariat has given eight days extension to rebel JDU leader Sharad Yadav to explain his stand over JDU's disqualification notice against him, stating "no further extension will be given in the case."

Sharad Yadav faction to form new party

The Sharad Yadav-led JD(U) faction, whose claim over the party's poll symbol was rejected by the Election Commission, announced that it will form a new party after the Gujarat polls which it is fighting in alliance with the Congress.

The faction's general secretary Arun Shrivastava said its lone MLA, Chhotu Vasava from Gujarat, will fight the state polls under the banner of the new party, Bhartiya Tribal Party, whose symbol will be auto rickshaw. Vasava was the Yadav-led group's acting president but floated a new party after the EC recognised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led faction as the real JD(U) and accepted its claim over the poll symbol of arrow.

"We will hold a convention after the Gujarat polls and form a new party. Our candidates will contest seven seats under the banner of Bhartiya Tribal Party in alliance with the Congress," Shrivastava said after his faction's national executive meeting here where Yadav was present.

The announcement marks the formal separation between Yadav and Kumar, who had joined hands to oust Lalu Prasad-led RJD government in Bihar.

The JD(U) was in alliance with the BJP till Kumar decided to snap ties in 2013 and was supported by Yadav. The JD(U) formed the grand alliance with Lalu Prasad's RJD and the Congress in 2015 and won the Bihar Assembly polls.

However, it was Kumar's decision to tie up with the BJP in July this year that caused a split between the two as Yadav opposed the move and announced his support to the Congress and the RJD. An overwhelming number of elected party members and most office bearers remained with Kumar. While the Yadav faction will continue to contest the EC's decision in courts, it will float a new party to carry on with its politics, Shrivastava told reporters.

He also hit out at Kumar for giving ticket to a candidate named Chhotu Vasava to take on MLA Vasava in the latter's constituency. "Nitish Kumar is doing it to confuse people and at the instance of the BJP. He has become a B team of the BJP," Shrivastava said, claiming that the saffron party will taste defeat in the elections. The national executive also chose Rajsekharan, its leader from Tamil Nadu, as its acting president.

 

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