West Bengal TMC Rift Escalates as 10 MLAs Face Disqualification Proceedings
The Assembly Secretariat gave the legislators seven days to answer a disqualification petition as the party feud moved into formal anti-defection proceedings.
- On Tuesday, the West Bengal Assembly Secretariat issued notices to 10 rebel TMC MLAs, requiring responses within seven days to disqualification petitions filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction.
- These proceedings follow a Supreme Court plea by TMC MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who alleges the rebel legislators acted against party interests following the TMC's election defeat in May.
- The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued notices to 20 rebel MPs who joined the Nationalist Citizens Party, extending the factional conflict from state assembly to Parliament under anti-defection law provisions.
- Spokesperson Riju Dutta of the Ritabrata Banerjee-aligned camp dismissed the move as politically motivated, calling the notices "routine procedure" and saying critics would need "some time" to see clarity.
- The Election Commission is reviewing competing claims to the TMC's identity and symbol, while the Calcutta High Court considers a challenge regarding the Leader of Opposition appointment.
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West Bengal TMC Rift Escalates as 10 MLAs Face Disqualification Proceedings
The internal strife in the Trinamool Congress is set to enter yet another phase as the West Bengal Assembly Secretariat issued notices to 10 MLAs of the rebel faction over a disqualification petition.The legislators, including the Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, have been asked to reply on the notices in seven days. They were served the notices after a petition to disqualify them was fi
Bengal Assembly sends notices to 10 TMC rebels over disqualification plea
The notices were issued to Ritabrata Banerjee and nine other MLAs - Arup Roy, Firhad Hakim, Sandipan Saha, Akhruzzaman Ansari, Shiuli Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Biplab Mitra, Javed Khan and Rathin Ghosh.
After Mamata camp's move, 10 rebel TMC MLAs asked to reply to anti-defection plea
The West Bengal Assembly Secretariat has asked 10 rebel TMC MLAs to reply within a week to a disqualification petition. The move has pushed the party's internal battle over leadership, posts and legitimacy deeper into formal proceedings.
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Outlook IndiaWB Assembly Secretariat sends notice to 10 rebel TMC MLAs over disqualification plea
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) The West Bengal Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday issued notices to 10 MLAs aligned with the rebel TMC camp, seeking their replies within a week to a disqualification petition filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction that escalated the party’s bitter power struggle into a formal proceeding. The notices were issued to Leader […]
West Bengal Assembly Secretariat issues notice to 10 MLAs of the rebel Trinamool Congress camp led by Ritabrata Banerjee.
Kolkata: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat has issued notices to 10 rebel Trinamool Congress MLAs in a petition related to their defection. They have been asked to submit an explanation within a week.
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