The Rajya Sabha secretariat has asked the JD(U)'s rebel MPs, Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar, to respond within a week to their party's petition that they be disqualified from the House for their so-called anti-party activities.<br/><br/>After Yadav turned against Party President Nitish Kumar's decision to ally with the BJP and attended an Opposition rally in Patna, the JD(U) had urged Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu to disqualify him and Ansari, who too had joined Yadav.<br/><br/>JD(U) General Secretary Sanjay Jha said there was precedence of a member being disqualified from the Rajya Sabha after they attended opposition's events. He cited the example of Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, a BJP member who had drifted toward the RJD.<br/><br/>Sharad Yadav was first removed as JD(U) leader in the Rajya Sabha. After he attended a Lalu Prasad-led RJD rally in Patna, the JD(U) moved to get him disqualified.<br/>