The Bihar government on Monday asked former Mokama MLA Neelam Devi, wife of expelled JD(U) legislator Anant Kumar Singh, to vacate her official residence at 1 Mall Road in Patna by November 25, following her removal from the State-level Programme Implementation Committee and the withdrawal of her deputy ministerial status.

The development comes two days after the Janata Dal (United) expelled Singh and Devi from the party for six years over alleged anti-party activities. The party has also sought Singh’s disqualification as a member of the Bihar Assembly, with JD(U) state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha saying on Monday that the matter was under process and that a notice would be issued soon.

In an official letter dated October 26, the Bihar government’s Building Construction Department said Devi’s nomination as a member of the State-level Programme Implementation Committee had been cancelled with immediate effect through a Cabinet Secretariat Department notification issued the same day.

The letter states…