Overview
- The JD(U) on Saturday expelled Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh and his wife Neelam Devi for six years, terminating their primary membership for what the party called repeated anti‑party activities.
- The party cited Singh’s public campaigning for a Jan Suraaj Party candidate against the JD(U) nominee and insulting remarks toward party leaders as the basis for the disciplinary move.
- JD(U) state leaders have formally requested the Bihar Assembly speaker to invoke the Tenth Schedule to disqualify Singh as an MLA, a constitutional process that remains pending with the Speaker’s office.
- Singh responded defiantly a day after the expulsion, saying he had no regrets, predicting JD(U) electoral decline and announcing plans to float his own political outfit rather than join another party.
- The dispute followed efforts at mediation by senior JD(U) figures and surfaced during the Patna Graduates poll when clashes and several detentions occurred in Mokama, raising concerns about local instability and possible fragmentation of regional voting blocs.