Chandigarh, May 2 (IANS) Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who last week switched loyalties to the BJP along with six other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs, may face arrest as two First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered against him in Punjab, reports said on Saturday.The FIRs in cases under non-bailable offences have been registered in two districts and police could take action at any time. Further details are awaited.The registration of FIRs comes days after seven AAP Rajya Sabha members -…
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Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) A delegation of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs, led by Deputy Leader Prasanna Acharya, on Monday met the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, Surama Padhy, and submitted a formal memorandum seeking the disqualification of eight party legislators who reportedly violated the party’s whip and were giving statements against the party in public.The demand comes after these eight MLAs allegedly voted in favour of the ruling party-supported candidate during the recent …
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) A protest by leaders and workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) outside the residence of Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha in Mumbai led to police action, with several demonstrators being detained and a case registered against more than eight individuals. During the protest, demonstrators raised slogans, including “Traitor Raghav Chadha”, expressing their anger over his reported exit from the party. The protest was described as intense, prompting intervention by the Khar…
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday described Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s decision to seek an appointment with the President to recall party Rajya Sabha MPs who had joined the BJP as political theatre and reminded him that under the 10th schedule of the Constitution, taking action against MPs was Parliament’s domain and not the President’s discretion. In a statement here, senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said the anti-defection law was cle…
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has sought time to meet President Droupadi Murmu along with his party’s MLAs to present his stance on the recall of seven Rajya Sabha members who have joined the BJP. It is learnt on Saturday that CM Mann is expected to raise the issue of the seven MPs’ defection and argue for their recall during the meeting.The development comes a day after seven AAP Rajya Sabha members — Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, cric…
Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday submitted a formal petition to the Assembly Speaker seeking the disqualification of two of its MLAs under the provisions of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, also known as the anti-defection law, for allegedly cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha biennial elections.According to the party, MLAs Dasharathi Gamango and Sofia Firdous defied the party line by not voting for the Congress-supported candidate, Dr Datteshwar Hota. Instead, th…
Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Deputy Floor Leader in Telangana Assembly on Friday wrote a letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, questioning the ‘glaring contradiction’ between what he preaches nationally about protecting the Constitution and what his party practices in Telangana where it holds power.Day after Telangana Assembly Speaker dismissed the petitions for disqualification of two BRS MLAs, including Danam Nagender who had contested as a Congress candidate i…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s recent judgment disqualifying senior politician Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Assembly under the anti-defection law.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the respondents, including West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ambika Roy, on a petition filed by Roy’s son, Subhranshu Roy, challenging the Calcutta Hig…
Hyderabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday dismissed the petitions to disqualify two BRS MLAs who allegedly shifted loyalties to the ruling Congress.Pronouncing the orders on the petitions for disqualification of Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Kale Yadaiah, he said that there is no evidence that they defected to the Congress.The Speaker ruled that the anti-defection law does not apply to the two MLAs and that they are technically still in Bharat Rashtra Sami…
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Thursday announced that it would initiate legal proceedings to seek the disqualification of 12 corporators from the Ambernath Municipal Council who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The corporators, who were elected on the Congress symbol in the recent municipal polls, formally joined the BJP earlier in the day. The Congress described the move as “completely illegal” and “unconstitutional”, alleging that…