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Delhi, Sept 18: Rebel Janata Dal (U) leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar
today sought one-month time from the Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on
the show cause notice served to them on the disqualification plea of the Nitish
Kumar faction of the party. "We met Rajya Sabha Secretary General and
submitted relevant papers with a plea that we should get one month more time to
respond to the notice of the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Mr
Naidu," rebel MP Mr Ali Anwar told reporters here. "Natural justice
calls that we get adequate time......the matters raised by our political
detractors and raised in the show cause notice involves crucial legal issues.
We two (Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar) are traveling a lot now and hence we
require time," Mr Anwar said. On September 12, two senior parliamentarians
and rebel JD(U) MPs Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar were served with show cause
notices from the Rajya Sabha secretariat asking them to explain their position
on the Nitish Kumar faction making a plea seeking their 'disqualification' from
the Upper House of Parliament. The JD(U) 'organisational leadership' led by
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was irked after Sharad Yadav joined the RJD
rally at Patna on August 27 despite the Nitish Kumar faction of the party
repeatedly cautioning him against it. In this context, the Nitish Kumar faction
has cited past instances when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Satpal Malik were
disqualified as Congress members after they formed the Jan Morcha in late
eighties. A formal application was made on September 5 by the new JD(U) floor
leader Ram Chandra Prasad Singh seeking disqualification of Mr Yadav and Mr
Anwar. According to sources in the JD(U), the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act
of 2003 and the provisions of the Anti Defection laws could validate JD(U)'s
complain as the new law makes it clear that "any elected member of
Parliament or state legislatures have to seek re-election if they defect".
The JD(U) leadership (organisational head being party chief Nitish Kumar) is building
up their case on the ground that it is "mandatory for all those switching
political sides – whether singly or in groups – to resign their legislative
membership". Meanwhile, widening the gulf between two factions, the rebel
camp yesterday 'elected' or named Gujarat MLA Chhotubhai Amarsinh Vasava as the
'acting President' of the faction of the Janata Dal United (JD-U). Talking to
reporters here today, Mr Vasava lashed out at the BJP government in Gujarat and
also in the centre and his party will give a "determined fight" to
the saffron party in alliance with Congress and other parties. "We will
take the help of all like minded parties including the social groups led by
Hardik Patel, who has steadfastly opposed BJP government in Gujarat," said
Mr Vasava, who voted in favour of Congress leader Ahmed Patel in last month's
crucial elections to the Upper House. UNI
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