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JD(U) Pressures Speaker for Expelled MLA Anant Singh's Disqualification

JD(U) Pressures Speaker for Expelled MLA Anant Singh's Disqualification

The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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JD(U) State president Umesh Kushwaha visited the Assembly Speaker's office on Monday to press for the disqualification of recently expelled Mokama MLA Anant Singh, receiving assurance of quick action.

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The ruling NDA government also removed Singh's wife, former MLA Neelam Devi, from the 20-point programme committee and ordered her to vacate her Patna bungalow by November 25.

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Singh claimed he would launch his own political party rather than join another, while the JD(U) submitted 10 pages of evidence and a video CD regarding his anti-party activities.