New Delhi, Aug. 12 (PTI): Sharad Yadav, the JD(U) leader who had opposed his chief Nitish Kumar’s alliance with the BJP last month, was on Saturday removed as the party’s leader in the Rajya Sabha. The members met Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu to hand him a letter appointing Singh as the leader of the JD(U). The JD(U) has 10 members in the Rajya Sabha. On Friday night, it had suspended its Rajya Sabha member Ali Anwar Ansari from the parliamentary party for attending a meeting of Opposition parties convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Sharad,72, has also claimed that the “real” JD(U) was with him and the one with Kumar was 'sarkari' JD(U).

Source: The Telegraph August 12, 2017 10:07 UTC