Patna: Congress in Bihar today suspended RJD
chief Lalu Prasad's relative Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav
for reportedly speaking against Women's Reservation Bill, but
AICC general secretary in-charge of state affairs, Jagdish
Tytler, said no such measure was taken against him.
"He does not stand suspended as announced by BPCC
president Anil Sharma earlier in the day," Tytler told
reporters here.
Yadav had personally explained his position to him
stating that he believed in the policies and programmes of
the Congress, Tytler said.
"Yadav has explained to me that he was not averse to the
party line on the Women's Reservation Bill. "I have asked
Yadav to explain his position in writing to which he has
agreed," Tytler said.
Yadav, brother-in-law of Lalu, said, "I have not said
anything on the issue. Since the assembly elections are around
the corner, some vested interests in the party are playing
dirty politics to malign me."
Earlier in the day, the BPCC chief said, "We have taken a
serious note of Yadav going to the extreme step of violating
the party lines on the bill and suspended him with immediate
effect."
According to reports, Yadav had threatened to resign from
the Congress to protest against its stand on the Bill. He had
switched over to Congress following differences with Lalu on
allotment of party ticket before the last Lok Sabha election.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 23:01