4 rebel JD(U) MLAs disqualified

4 rebel JD(U) MLAs disqualified

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 07:06 AM IST
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Patna : For the first time in the history of Bihar assembly, four ruling party MLAs were disqualified by the Speaker Uday Chaudhury on Saturday on charges of defying party directive during the Rajya Sabha by-elections in May this year.

The disqualified MLAs are-Gyanedra Singh Gyanu, Ravindra Rai,Rahul Sharma and Neeraj Kumar Babllo.

Speaker announced their disqualification and also ordered they would not be entitled to facilities available to the ex-MLAs, which too is unprecedented. The chief whip of JDU Shrawan Kumar had filed a complaint under tenth schedule of the Constitution seeking their disqualification as they defied party whip during the Rajya Sabha by-elections. They had supported the candidature of three independents who had filed their papers against the official JDU candidates.

Gyanu reacted strongly to the order and said Speaker’s diktat was dictatorial and he was guided by the former chief minister Nitish Kumar in disqualifying them. He said Nitish had called Chaudhury at his residence a day earlier and asked him to render the membership of the four dissident MLAs disqualified. Gyanu said the dismissed MLAs would appeal before Patna High Court seeking quashing of the orders of the Speaker.

JDU has sought disqualification of six otehr JDU members – Poonam Devi, Annu Shukla, Renu Kumari, Ajit Kumar, Suresh Chanchal and Rajkumar Singh too on charges of voting against the official JDU nominees in Rajya Sabha by-poll.

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