The Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing a crucial batch of petitions arising out of the Shiv Sena split, with senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction, arguing that the actions of rebel MLAs led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde violated the spirit of the anti-defection law and…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent changes made to the seating arrangements of its parliamentarians.Banerjee’s move comes just a day before CM…
On January 30, 1985, when the Constitution Amendment Bill providing for a law against defection by legislators was being discussed in the Lok Sabha, George Gilbert Swell, then an MP from Shillong, Meghalaya, raised questions about the proposed legislation that have proved especially prescient in the backdrop of the recent spate of defections. Swell, who…
The NDA government’s push for a two-thirds majority has brought the anti-defection law back into focus as political parties face splits, mergers and shifting loyalties. Legal experts are debating whether these moves comply with the Tenth Schedule or undermine democratic principles by allowing engineered political realignments.The debate centres on party identity, legislative majority, merger legitimacy,…
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, speaking to CNN-News18, defends the merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party, saying it complies with the two-thirds rule under anti-defection laws.Sudip asserts that the MPs were elected on the TMC symbol and says the party will stake its claim in Parliament on July 20. His remarks come amid a deepening political…
Author Aanand Ranganathan raises a key question amid the deepening Trinamool Congress crisis: “Who is the real TMC?”He asks what happens if a merger takes place and both MPs and MLAs stick to the party. The question goes to the heart of the TMC identity battle, where rebel factions, legal claims, party symbol, legislative strength…
Abhishek Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Speaker Om Birla citing the legal and Constitutional provisions to firmly assert that the All India Trinamool Congress must be treated as a single political party represented in the House solely through its duly authorised leader and whip, and…
The Trinamool Congress faces a fresh legal challenge as the Calcutta High Court questioned the recognition of rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly.The court asked whether the Assembly Speaker could recognise a rebel leader as LoP without the consent of the political party, especially when the petitioners claimed…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar on Tuesday said no disqualification proceedings would be initiated against the 21 AIADMK MLAs who supported the TVK govt during the confidence motion on May 13, in violation of the direction issued by AIADMK whip. However, Prabhakar said the process to initiate action against the four…
