Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, on Monday disqualified rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar as members of the upper house of Parliament, party leader RCP Singh said. Both of them have thus ceased to be a Member of the Rajya Sabha with immediate effect. Congratulations to all party workers for being united with our leader and National President Nitish (Kumar) jI. Thank you!” he said attaching the copy of the Rajya Sabha secretariat order. The action comes in the wake of the petition filed by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar faction seeking the Rajya Sabha Chairman disqualify Sharad Yadav and Ansari.

Source: Hindustan Times December 04, 2017 17:53 UTC