Former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Thursday rejected reports that he could stand for Parliament from one of three Lok Sabha seats that have fallen vacant. He dismissed the reports as "baseless".
"In some sections of the press/media, it has appeared that I would be contesting a by-election from any of the Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Alwar Lok Sabha Seats which have fallen vacant," he said in a statement.
But the former MP said there was no truth in the reports.
There is no truth (in this) and (the news is) completely baseless. I have no plans of contesting any by-election for the above mentioned Lok Sabha seats.
The senior leader, along with MP Ali Anwar, was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha on 4 December after he joined hands with the opposition, following the JD(U)‘s decision to form a government in Bihar with the BJP.
The Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats in UP fell vacant after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya became members of the UP legislative Council. The death of BJP's sitting MP Mahant Chandnath in September led to the vacancy in Alwar, Rajasthan.
The opposition leaders on Thursday expressed their disappointment and “outrage” over the disqualification of Sharad Yadav and Anwar Ali from the Rajya Sabha.
In a meeting held in the chamber of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the opposition called it a hasty move taken without following due process, t describing the decision as "unfair and unjust".
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