New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) today suspended its Rajya Sabha member Anil Sahani, charge-sheeted by CBI in the LTC scam recently, from its parliamentary party after it found his explanation to a show cause notice "unsatisfactory".
"The party had given Sahani show cause notice on April 16 after Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari gave the sanction to prosecute him in the case. Sahani gave explanation which could not satisfy either Ansari or the JD(U) leadership.
"Nitish Kumar's party has always had zero tolerance towards corruption. Hence, we have decided to suspend Sahani from the membership of JD(U) parliamentary party," said party general secretary KC Tyagi told news agency PTI.
CBI had filed a chargesheet against Mr Sahani alleging that he, in collusion with other persons, used forged e-tickets and fake boarding passes to defraud Rajya Sabha to the tune of Rs 23.71 lakh as travel and dearness allowance reimbursement without undertaking actual journey.
All Parliamentarians, both from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, get 34 free air tickets a year for themselves, their family members and associates for domestic travel.
"The party had given Sahani show cause notice on April 16 after Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari gave the sanction to prosecute him in the case. Sahani gave explanation which could not satisfy either Ansari or the JD(U) leadership.
"Nitish Kumar's party has always had zero tolerance towards corruption. Hence, we have decided to suspend Sahani from the membership of JD(U) parliamentary party," said party general secretary KC Tyagi told news agency PTI.
CBI had filed a chargesheet against Mr Sahani alleging that he, in collusion with other persons, used forged e-tickets and fake boarding passes to defraud Rajya Sabha to the tune of Rs 23.71 lakh as travel and dearness allowance reimbursement without undertaking actual journey.
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All Parliamentarians, both from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, get 34 free air tickets a year for themselves, their family members and associates for domestic travel.
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