SHARAD MOVES EC, SEEKS JD(U) SYMBOL

PAT NA: On a day when the Sh ar ad Ya dav faction moved the Election Commission to stake claim over the party’s symbol, the JD(U) led by Nitish Kumar sent a letter reminding him that his attendance at the R JD rally on August 27 would invite disciplinary action.

Yadav, along with party MP Ali Anwar, besides others suspended from the party for their anti-party activities, are expected totakepart in therally-convened by RJD chief Lalu Prasad.

The letter, written by the party’s principal national spokesperson, KC Tyagi, hinted action against Y ad av .“You were invited to express your views at the party’s national executive in Patna. Instead of putting your views at the party forum, you organised parallel anti-party activities. Your presence in the RJD rally would not only be against high moral standards set by you but it would also be deemed that you have voluntarily decided to leave the party,” T yagi said in his letter. Making an emotional appeal, Tyagi hoped that“by desisting from attending it, he would set new standards”.

The party also suspended spokesperson Javed Raza and Anil Bhadh uri on charges of antiparty activities.

Denying a split in the party, the Yadav faction approached the Election Commission( EC) on Friday to stake claim over the party’s symbol — arrow.

T yagi on August 19 had denied any split in the party as it had the support of 16 of 22 state units.

“We have made representations through our advocates and have staked claim over the party symbol as we are the real JD(U). We have the majority in the national council and have support of more than 50% of the members ,” said suspended party general secretary A run Srivastav.

“The real JD(U) belongs to Sharad Yadav and party units in different states across India are with him. It is Sharad Yadav who formed the JD(U), not Nitish Kumar ,” said S riva st av, who was last week removed as the party’s general secretary by JD( U) president Nitish Kumar.