Referring to the decision of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker to disqualify 18 AIADMK MlAs from the House, the JD(U) on Tuesday demanded a similar action against two of its rebel MPs, Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar.
Janata Dal (United) chief spokesperson KC Tyagi, in a statement, said Yadav and Anwar acted in a manner, similar to that of the AIADMK MlAs, by indulging in “anti-party” activities. The party has already approached the Rajya Sabha chairman, seeking disqualification of the two MPs, who were yesterday given one more week by the House to respond to the JD(U)’s charges against them.
Tyagi also took exceptions to the statements of Congress leader Anand Sharma and CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, both of whom have asked the chairman to refer the matter to the Ethics and Privileges Committee.
He said the Chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu, was a competent authority to take a decision on the matter and added that comments from “outsiders” were not “appreciable” with regard to such constitutional matters.
Tyagi cited the Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker’s decision to make his point and said the JD(U) welcomed the disqualification of the AIADMK MlAs from the House.