Rebel leaders of Janata Dal-United (JD-U), who support Sharad Yadav, have been barred from the party’s national headquarters at 7, Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Police personnel have been posted at the gates to check the identity of visitors. The JD-U led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has threatened to get Yadav disqualified from the Rajya Sabha, and is busy building a case against him. However, Yadav has not indulged in any anti-party activity inside Parliament, such as defying the party whip, which can become the basis for his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha. That Yadav held a parallel

