New Delhi:
Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United has suspended three of its MPs, two of whom had fielded their kin against the party's official nominees in by-polls, from the organization on charges of indulging in anti-party activities.
"JD(U) President Sharad Yadav has suspended Lok Sabha MPs Jagdish Sharma and Purnamasi Ram and Rajya Sabha MP Ejaj Ali from the party with immediate effect for working against the party's policies, programmes and decisions," party general secretary Javed Raza said in a press release in New Delhi.
Sharma, Lok Sabha MP from Jehanabad in central Bihar, had fielded his wife while Ram, an MP from Gopalganj, put up his son against the party's official candidates in recent assembly by-polls in the state, the release said.
The party alleged Ali was suspended from the party because he was regularly working against the party's policies and decisions.
Ali has been a vocal critic of continuance of JD(U)'s alliance with BJP in Bihar and demanded his party severe ties from the saffron party.
BJP-JDU alliance is ruling Bihar which goes to fresh assembly polls by October next year.