HC notices over appeals against order directing Speaker to fix schedule to hear MLAs’ disqualification pleas

HC notices over appeals against order directing Speaker to fix schedule to hear MLAs’ disqualification pleas

Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to respondents in a batch of three writ appeal petitions filed by the Assembly Secretary seeking suspension of a single judge order directing the Speaker to fix the schedule for hearing the disqualification petitions against three MLAs, who joined Congress after winning on BRS tickets. Posting the three … Read more

ED charge sheet: BJP seeks disqualification of Ballari MP Tukaram

ED charge sheet: BJP seeks disqualification of Ballari MP Tukaram

Ballari MP E. Tukaram | Photo Credit: B. M. Siddalingaswamy The BJP has urged the Election Commission of India to disqualify Congress MP from Ballari, E. Tukaram, in the wake of a charge sheet by the Enforcement Directorate with respect to alleged irregularities in Karnataka Valmiki ST Development Corporation stating that ₹21 crore siphoned off … Read more

Kumbhani suspended by Congress after disqualification led to BJP’s Surat walkover

Kumbhani suspended by Congress after disqualification led to BJP’s Surat walkover

File picture of Congress Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani | Photo Credit: Facebook/nileshcongress The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies regarding signatures of the proposers leading to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed, from the party for six years.  After … Read more

Sena Split: Shinde group urge separate hearing on disqualification plea, Uddhav camp counters

Sena Split: Shinde group urge separate hearing on disqualification plea, Uddhav camp counters

For representation. | Photo Credit: File The Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde requested Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday for separate hearings on disqualification petitions filed against them, while the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena group argued that all petitions shared the same ground and could be heard together. Though the hearing … Read more

Congress workers injured in clash with police in Manipur during protest over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

Congress workers injured in clash with police in Manipur during protest over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

A scuffle between the police and the protesting Congress members broke out after a woman Congress worker pushed a female police officer, officials said. | Photo Credit: PTI Four Congress workers were injured in a clash with the police in Imphal during a candlelight march over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Parliament, officials said. State Congress … Read more

Dressed in black, Opposition MPs stage protest over Adani issue, Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

Dressed in black, Opposition MPs stage protest over Adani issue, Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with Congress MP Sonia Gandhi and fellow Opposition MPs protest over the Adani Group issue at Parliament House complex during Budget Session, in New Delhi on Monday, March 27, 2023. The MPs wore black in protest against the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha. … Read more

Meghalaya: Congress seeks disqualification of 12 MLAs who joined TMC

Meghalaya: Congress seeks disqualification of 12 MLAs who joined TMC

Congress party on Monday met Speaker and sought disqualification of 12 Congress MLAs who joined Trinamool Congress. The 12 MLAs who joined TMC met West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee in Kolkata. Senior leader Charles Pyngrope has been elected as the State Party chief. Congress had 17 MLAs, five Congress MLAs elected Ampareen Lyngdoh as … Read more