His comments come after the Labour leader decided to attend a Seder by a far-left group that once called for Israel's destruction.
Speaking to ITV News about Jeremy Corbyn's attendance to the Jewdas event, Lord Sugar described the politican as 'absolutely dangerous'.
He said: 'This country needs to get rid of him. There is no question of it. I don't have the solution how to get rid of him. He is absolutely dangerous, totally totally dangerous and the [Labour] Party is powerless to try and get rid of him.' 
Jeremy Corbyn (pictured on a trip to Swindon yesterday with shadow education secretary Angela Rayner) defended his controversial decision to attend a Seder hosted by a far left group which has called for the destruction of Israel
'He doesn't mean it. He's just giving lip service. Obviously his back room cronies have said 'oh look Jeremy, you'd better say something about this anti-Semitism you can't just sit there silent' so he says 'oh yeh yeh, no we're not anti-Semitic'.
Ehphraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi, is considering making an intervention in the next two weeks amid the mounting concern about anti-Semitism in the Labour party, according to The Times.
Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, accused Corbyn of trying to provoke the Jewish community.
He said: 'It's fair to say he [the Chief Rabbi] has grave concerns. The Chief Rabbi is very worried, he absolutely shares our concerns.
'This [the Jewish Seder] was an event at which hostility was expressed to the mainstream Jewish community. Right now the message I'm getting is I can't take serious anything he [Corbyn] says.Jeremy Corbyn attended an event last night hosted by a far-Left group that has called for the destruction of Israel
He added: 'If Jeremy Corbyn goes to their event, how can we take his stated commitment to be an ally against anti-Semitism seriously?'
Earlier yesterday Corbyn defended his controversial decision to attend a Seder hosted by a far left group which has called for the destruction ofIsrael.
He was accused of 'deliberately baiting' the Jewish community by attending the event by Jewdas which has dismissed Labour's anti-Semitism scandal as 'cynical manipulation'.
Confronted with the criticism on a trip to Swindon Mr Corbyn refused to apologise and said he had learnt a lot by talking to the young Jewish people at the event.
Labour MP and arch Corbyn critic John Woodcock said it was 'irresponsible and dangerous' and a snub to mainstream Jewish groups.
The Labour leader was also condemned by the Holocaust Education Trust chief executive Karen Pollock, who branded the visit 'mocking' and 'disrespectful'.
Speaking yesterday on a trip to Swindon, Mr Corbyn said: 'It was a Seder event which is a celebration of Passover I celebrated it with a lot of young Jewish people from my constituency and my own community.
'It was very interesting talking to a lot of young people about their experiences of modern Britain - and isn't that a good thing?'
The row erupted after leaked audio of the meeting revealed Mr Corbyn was present while guests allegedly booed the names of mainstream Jews.
Confronted over whether the timing was bad given the anti-Semitism row which has engulfed his party, Mr Corbyn insisted that he is committed to rooting out the abuse.
He said: 'Anti-Semitism is a vile and evil thing in our society at any level any where at any time, it has got to be eradicated wherever it arises.
'If it arises in my party then we have a process for dealing with it - we examine each case and if someone has committed an anti-Semitism act they are suspended and could be expelled.'He said Labour is 'very clear' anti-Semitism for any other form of racism must not be tolerated.'
While the Jewdas group posted a response to the row on its Facebook page saying hey were 'delighted' with Mr Corbyn's visit.
It states: 'While we remain opposed to the monarchy, we were delighted that the leader of Her Majesty's Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn accepted our invitation to join the Jewdas community Seder.
'Jeremy was a 10/10 guest and provided delicious maror from his allotment.'
The largely satirical statement added: 'In 1812 the British Government designated Jewdas to be the sole representative body for British Jews.
'We fulfil our role of being the voice for Anglo-Jewry by writing funny tweets, holding great parties and passing on the memes which we receive from God, via Geoffrey Cohen.
'Sadly our God-given right to be the sole spokespeople for Anglo-Jewry is not respected by many heretical organisations which are known as 'The Jewish Establishment'.'
They added: 'We are not happy with the Jewish Establishment, but we remain deeply involved in many synagogues and communal organisations (although this is mostly for the free food).'
The latest anti-Semitism row has been played down by others who said Jewdas were a recognised part of the Jewish community.
Jon Lansman, the chief of the Corbyn-backing Momentum group, said it was not 'significant'.
And comedian David Baddiel, a Labour supporter who has harshly criticised Mr Corbyn over anti-Semitism, said the group were simply 'Jews who disagree with other Jews. Which means: Jews'.
Who are Jewdas, the group which Jeremy Corbyn controversially met with?
Jewdas is a radical left-wing group in London's Jewish community that was formed in 2006.
The group is known for 'far-left anti-Zionism' and is controversial in some quarters because of its opposition to the state of Israel - branding the Jewish state a 'steaming pile of sewage'.
It has criticised mainstream Jewish organisations for their protests over alleged Labour anti-Semitism.
In a statement last week, the group blasted the Jewish Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council and Jewish Labour Movement for 'playing a dangerous game with people's lives'.
It claims allegations linking Mr Corbyn to anti-Semitism were 'the work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the Conservative Party and the right wing of the Labour Party'.
Mr Corbyn (pictured yesterday leaving home in London) celebrated Passover with the group last night but was said to have attended in a private capacity as the constituency MP
The row came as Labour's new General Secretary Jennie Formby yesterday wrote to Labour member to say 'anti-Semitic attitudes must be completely eradicated within the Labour Party'
In other developments yesterday, the former Commons Speaker Michael Martin warned anti-Semitism could cost Labour the next election.
Mr Martin, a Labour MP before he took the Commons chair, said: 'The only way Labour can improve the quality of life for men and women, and children, is if they are elected.
'If Labour is seen as anti-Semitic, then that is going to be at risk.'
And Labour grandee Dame Margaret Beckett urged Mr Corbyn to be stronger in condemning anti-Semitism.The Labour MP and former Foreign Secretary told The Times: 'Jeremy, who I don't doubt is not personally anti-Semitic, has never liked condemning people. That's why he has not been as robust as people might have wanted him to be.
'But I really need to think he needs to steel himself and say this is unacceptable because some people are hiding behind the claim that they haven't done or said something anti-Semitic and that they're being attacked because they're on the left.
'No, they are being attacked because they are doing and saying things that are anti-Semitic. It's not fair and it's got to stop.'
The Labour leader is already under pressure following a steady stream of revelations of an anti-Semitism issue within Labour.
Labour MPs and have campaigners expressed incredulity that he would meet with the controversial Jewdas group during the Jewish Passover festival.
Mr Woodcock said: 'This is deliberately baiting the mainstream Jewish community days after they pleaded with him to tackle antisemitism.
'And he must know that meeting them now will give his members the message that the group's extreme views are OK. Irresponsible and dangerous.'
Labour MP Wes Streeting, a vocal critic of anti-Semitism, said: 'This calls into serious question the sincerity of every public statement Jeremy Corbyn has made on anti-Semitism during the past week, just as many of us hoped we had begun to make progress.'
Ms Pollock said: 'It was clearly deliberate. No question of intent. Mocking. And disrespectful.'
Gideon Falter, Chairman of Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, said: 'Given the anti-Semitism crisis engulfing the Labour Party, there is absolutely no way that Mr Corbyn can claim that this too was an oversight.
'The Party must consider the message that is sent to British Jews and other minorities by him remaining as Leader.'
Mr Lansman, founder of the Corbyn-supporting Momentum group, said the Labour leader had not told his own office he was going to the event.
Momentum chief secretly recorded saying anti-Semitism row being used to attack Corbyn
Momentum's chief was secretly recorded telling Corbynistas the anti-Semitism row has been used 'opportunistically' to attack Jeremy Corbyn.
Jon Lansman, who is Jewish, said some right-wingers are using the row to discredit the Labour leader.
He also said that all allegations must be investigated properly and that there is a wider problem with unconscious bias against jews in Labour.
But his comments, recorded on March 26, strike a different tone to his tours of the TV studios over the past 48 hours when he has called for tougher action to root out anti-Semitism.
He told the meeting: 'It's a difficult issue for Jeremy and the party. It is very unfair.
'Who are bringing these charges? Well, an awful lot of these cases that are brought to the attention of the Compliance Unit… are from an organisation called the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, which is so right wing that it had a public spat with the Jewish Leadership Council....
'Yes its true that there are people on the right who are opportunistically using this to get to the Labour Party.
'But I don't think that means that if there are charges that are valid that we don't have to take hem seriously - all charges must be taken seriously.'
He also told how he has been the victim of anti-Semitic abuse recently.
John Woodcock, a serial critic of Mr Corbyn on Labour's backbenches, claimed it was an incendiary intervention and a snub to mainstream Jewish groups deeply alarmed at a series of anti-Semitic incidents linked to Labour
The Labour leader was also condemned by the Holocaust Education Trust chief executive Karen Pollock, who branded it 'mocking' and 'disrespectful'.
comedian David Baddiel, a Labour supporter who has harshly criticised Mr Corbyn over the row, said the group were simply 'Jews who disagree with other Jews. Which means: Jews'
Mr Lansman, who is Jewish, told the Today programme: 'It was his night off, he had nothing in his official diary, his office didn't know he was there.
'So I don't think this is as significant as it's being made out.'
The chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council Jonathan Goldstein said: 'Look, firstly, I think it's important to say that every community is open to all strands of opinion, we have no issue with Jewdas and Jewdas having its opinions that it does, no community should have any problem with that.
'What is surprising is that we've had silence from Mr Corbyn since we responded to him last Wednesday and he said in his statement on Monday that he was going to be a militant opponent of anti-Semitism and to always be our ally.
'And he in his first act towards the Jewish community has gone to sit with a group who describe the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies' actions as being a cynical ploy.'
Baddiel, who has been at the forefront of the debate over anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, rejected suggestions that Jewdas was 'despised' by other members of the Jewish community.
'No, it isn't,' he said. 'They are just Jews who disagree with other Jews. Which means: Jews ... To make out that it's somehow anti-Semitic for him to spend Seder with them just because they're far left is balls.'
Writer David Schneider tweeted: 'Boo! Corbyn needs to get out and meets some Jews!' (Corbyn spends Passover with some Jews at Jewdas) 'Boo! Not those Jews!'
The new rows come after Mr Corbyn deleted his Facebook account after it emerged he was a member of five groups hosting anti-Semitic material.
He was previously forced to apologise for questioning the removal of an anti-Semitic mural which showed Jewish figures playing Monopoly on the backs of the poor.
Labour's new General Secretary tried to get on the front foot by sending an email to Labour members yesterday vowing to crack down on anti-Semitism.
Jennie Formby - a close ally of Mr Corbyn - said: 'This week I will be moving to ensure the full implementation of the Chakrabarti report and introducing new procedures to deal with complaints and disciplinary cases.
'The stain of anti-Semitic attitudes must be completely eradicated within the Labour Party - we are the party for people of all races and faiths, the party of full equality for all, or we are nothing.
'Likewise, I will tackle any manifestation of misogyny, bullying or abuse of anyone, as Jeremy Corbyn has pledged. '
Labour has faced heavy criticism for failing to act on the report.
Last night, Labour sources insisted that the leader attended the event in a personal, rather than professional capacity, and was not working.
He chose to spend the evening celebrating Passover with 'friends and members of the Jewish community and people from within his constituency and nearby', they said.
The head of Momentum Jon Lansman (pictured yesterday in London) admitted the problem of anti-Semitism inside Labour was worse than both he and Jeremy Corbyn had realised
He apparently brought beetroot from his own allotment as a gift.
Asked whether Mr Corbyn was aware of what Jewdas stood for, a source said: 'I don't have that information.'
The recording, obtained by the Guido Fawkes website, revealed that guests reportedly shouted 'f*** capitalism' at the event.
Attendees were recorded booing the name of Jonathan Arkush, the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
The event was reported to have ended with the words: 'Enough is enough. F*ck you all,' in an echo of the campaign to end anti-Semitism.
But Labour sources disputed this, saying that attendees had said the words used were actually 'next year, Sheffield'.
Critics highlighted that the leader chose to spend the Passover festival with a group critical of mainstream British Jews.He did not meet the Board of Deputies of British Jews or the Jewish Leadership Council, both of which claim to represent mainstream British Jews.
Instead, the group reportedly attacked their response to Labour's anti-Semitism as 'playing a dangerous game with people's lives'.
Jewdas describes itself as a 'radical' group that 'opposes capitalism' and wants to 'overthrow the state' and describes Jewish critics as 'non-Jews'.
It has reportedly tweeted that 'Israel is itself a steaming pile of sewage which needs to be properly disposed of'.
It is said to have dismissed the Labour anti-Semitism scandal as a 'bout of faux-outrage' and criticised mainstream Jewish leaders.
It branded the anti-Semitism scandal 'the work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the Conservative Party and the right wing of the Labour Party'.
In a blog post on its website four days ago, it reportedly labelled the editor of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper Stephen Pollard a 'non-Jew'.
Sources said other members of the Jewish community were present, including senior Rabbi Laura Janner Clausner was present.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said: 'Jeremy was invited to a Passover Seder with Jewish members of his local community.
'He wrote to the Board of Deputies and Jewish Leadership Council last week to ask for an urgent formal meeting to discuss tackling antisemitism in the Labour Party and in society.'
Meanwhile, Momentum yesterday issued a statement that will add to pressure on Mr Corbyn to take further action following a series of offensive posts by Labour members.
it said the anti-Jewish smears were the work of more than just a few 'bad apples' and should not be dismissed as 'right wing smears… or conspiracies'.
It acknowledged the 'anger, upset and despair within the British Jewish community at the numerous cases of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party'.
It was agreed by the movement's national coordinating group, which includes Christine Shawcroft, who resigned as chair of Labour's disputes panel after opposing the suspension of an apparent Holocaust denier. She insisted anti-Semitism was 'being stirred up to attack Jeremy'.
Yesterday, the Labour leader gave an interview to Channel 4 News in which he accepted that there was 'genuine concern' about the issue.
Anti-Semitism was 'on the rise' in Britain and in other parts of Europe, he added.
He said the first task of Jennie Formby, the new Labour General Secretary, who started work this week, would be to appoint an in-house lawyer to tighten-up party procedures.
At least 10 sitting councillors or candidates contesting seats for Labour at local elections in May have been reported to the party over anti-Semitism, according to BuzzFeed.
Yesterday, the Labour leader gave an interview to Channel 4 News in which he accepted that there was 'genuine concern'
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