JD(U) suspends Ali Anwar Ansari from parliamentary party for attending Oppn meet

Party spokesperson K C Tyagi said Ali Anwar Ansari has been suspended from the parliamentary party for attending the meeting of opposition parties despite the JD(U) severing its ties with the Congress-led UPA.

The JD(U) suspended on Friday its Rajya Sabha member Ali Anwar Ansari from the parliamentary party for attending a meeting of opposition parties convened by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh and CPI member D Raja with JDU leader Ali Anwar Ansari leave after attending the monsoon session at Parliament in New Delhi. (PTI File Photo)

Party spokesperson KC Tyagi said Ansari has been suspended from the parliamentary party for attending the meeting of opposition parties despite the JD(U) severing its ties with the Congress-led UPA.

Leaders of 16 opposition parties, led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, met here today to deliberate on evolving an “alternative narrative” to counter the BJP.

Tyagi also hit out at Gandhi for trying “encroach upon” the party by interfering in its internal matters.

Ansari had criticised JD(U) president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance in Bihar and form government with the BJP.