‘Your comments embarrassed the party’: JD(U) MP who spoke against SIR gets show-cause notice

“It took 10 days for me to arrange all the documents,” the parliamentarian said, adding that his son lives in America. “How will he do the signature in just a month?” he said. “This (SIR) has been imposed on us forcefully. “Ye Tughlaqi farman hai chunav aayog ka.”

The MP had clarified that he was giving his “personal opinion” and it “doesn’t matter what his party is saying”.

The show-cause notice signed by Afaque Ahmad Khan, the party’s national general secretary, states, “You are aware that certain opposition parties, frustrated by their electoral outcomes, have been running a sustained campaign to discredit ECI, particularly on the issue of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), with the sole objective of creating public doubt over the functioning of a constitutional body.”

“Our party, the Janata Dal (United), has consistently supported the ECI and the use of EVMs, both during our time in the INDIA alliance and now as part of the NDA alliance,” it states. “In this context, your public comments on such a sensitive matter, especially in an election year, not only cause embarrassment to the party but also inadvertently lend credibility to the baseless and politically motivated allegations made by the opposition.”

“JD(U) views your conduct as a lapse in discipline and not in consonance with the party’s stated position on the matter. You are therefore hereby called upon to show cause within 15 days of receipt of this. notice, failing which disciplinary action may be initiated against you,” it states.

Speaking to The Indian Express on Wednesday, Yadav had also said, “People are complaining about the bureaucratic hurdles they are facing and what a pain it is to get documents (for SIR). At many places, officials are asking for bribes, the people in my constituency have told me.”