JD-U suspends Ansari from parliamentary party

New Delhi, (IANS): The Janata Dal-United on Friday suspended its rebel MP Ali Anwar Ansari for taking part in a meeting of opposition parties convened by Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Party leader K. C. Tyagi said Ansari has been “suspended from the parliamentary party” for attending the meeting.


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Ansari, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, along with party leader Sharad Yadav have expressed differences with party chief Nitish Kumar’s decision to snap ties with Congress and RJD and form a government in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Leaders of Congress and 15 other opposition parties met here on Thursday to take forward their coordination against the Narendra Modi government.

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