Four Janata Dal-United MLAs were today disqualified from the Bihar assembly under anti-defection law for anti-party activities, including cross voting in Rajya Sabha election.

With this, membership of eight rebel JD-U MLAs has been terminated since last month by the assembly speaker following the party's recommendation after the legislators were accused of backing two independent candidates Anil Sharma and Sabir Ali for Rajya Sabha seats in June polls instead of party's official candidates.

The disqualified MLAs are Ajit Kumar (Kanti, Muzaffarpur), Raju Singh (Sahebganj, Muzaffarpur), Poonam Devi Yadav (Bigha, Patna) and Suresh Chanchal (Sakra, Muzaffarpur). The legislators cried foul alleging that were not given a proper chance to present their case and would move court against the decision.