Rebel Janata Dal (United) leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar have been disqualified from Rajya Sabha, the party's leader in the upper house, RCP Singh said in a Facebook post. The two rebel JD(U) leaders were expelled form Rajya Sabha by chairman Venkaiah Naidu on the basis of a petition filed by the party.

The party in its petition had said Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar should be expelled from Rajya Sabha since they had been indulging in in anti-party activities for a long time.

Sharad Yadav has been at loggerheads with party boss and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ever since the latter broke ranks with the JD(U)-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 'mahagathbandhan' and partnered with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Patna in July.

Following the Nitish-Sharad split, delegations supporting the respective leaders approached the Election Commission, staking claim on the JD(U).

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

Acting on a Janata Dal (United) petition, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu disqualified rebel party leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar.