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HTML

<ul>
<li class="sub">
  <input type="checkbox" />
  <a id="test" class="fa" href="#">Policy</a>

  <ul class="submenu">
    <li>
      <a class="fa" href="#">List</a>

    </li>
    <li>
      <a class="fa" href="#">1</a>

    </li>
    <li>
      <a class="fa" href="#">3</a>

    </li>
  </ul>
</li>


</ul>

JavaScript

$(".submenu li").click(function() {

    alert($(this).text()); 
alert($(this).closest('.sub').text());

});