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Bengal Speaker Seeks Fresh Filing in Rebel MLAs’ Disqualification Case
The West Bengal Assembly is considering whether 10 Trinamool Congress legislators should lose their seats over alleged defection.
The Assembly Speaker, Rathindra Bose, looked at the petition about the case.
He found that some attached papers had not been checked and signed in the required way.
Assembly rules say every page of those papers must be examined and signed.
So he asked Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who filed the petition, to submit a corrected application.
The Speaker did not decide whether the legislators actually defected.
That question is still pending.
West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose asked for a fresh application in the case involving 10 rebel Trinamool Congress legislators.
The existing petition had procedural errors in how its attached documents were examined and signed.
Assembly rules require each page of attached documents to be examined and signed.
The petition was filed by Trinamool Congress legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay.
The Speaker made no ruling on whether the 10 legislators defected; Chattopadhyay may file a corrected application.
- Who
- West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose; the case concerns 10 rebel Trinamool Congress legislators and a petition filed by Sovandeb Chattopadhyay.
- What
- The Speaker sought a fresh application to correct procedural errors in documents attached to a disqualification petition.
- Where
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Kolkata.
- When
- The hearing took place on Thursday; news of the decision surfaced Friday morning. No calendar date is stated.
- Why
- The attached documents had not been examined and signed on every page as required by Assembly rules.
Key facts
- Legislators involved
- 10 rebel Trinamool Congress legislators
- Speaker
- Rathindra Bose
- Petitioner
- Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
- Procedural issue
- Pages of attached documents were not examined and signed as required
- Relevant rules
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Grounds of Defection) Rules
- Status of disqualification question
- No decision on the merits of the defection allegations
- Next step
- Chattopadhyay may file a fresh application correcting the procedural errors
Quotes
A source aware of the developments at Thursday’s hearing
An unnamed source familiar with the Speaker’s hearing and decision.
“This means that the Speaker had not expressed any opinion on whether the allegations of defection against these ‘rebel’ MLAs are true or false. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay has been given the freedom to file a fresh application in accordance with the law and to fill all the necessary forms.”
thehansindia.com
“The Speaker observed that procedures were not met as per norms. Each page of the attached documents should be duly examined and signed, which was not followed in this case. Hence, the Speaker sought a fresh application in the matter correcting the procedural errors.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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