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Rebel TMC MPs Seek More Time to Answer Disqualification Notices
Twenty members of the TMC who aligned with the NCPI received notices about a request to disqualify them from Parliament.
They were asked to send their answers by October 8.
The MPs say they need more time to collect documents and prepare their response.
They have asked the Lok Sabha Speaker for 15 extra days.
They say their move to leave the TMC and align with the NCPI should not lead to disqualification.
Their notices came after someone filed a petition asking for action under anti-defection rules.
The MPs planned to meet in Kolkata on Thursday to discuss what to do next.
Twenty rebel TMC MPs aligned with the NCPI have requested 15 more days to respond to disqualification notices.
Their existing deadline to reply was October 8, according to the report.
MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said the MPs needed more time to gather documents for their response.
The notices followed a petition seeking the MPs’ disqualification under anti-defection provisions.
The MPs planned to meet in Kolkata at 3 pm Thursday to discuss the notices and next steps.
- Who
- Twenty rebel TMC MPs aligned with the NCPI, including Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar.
- What
- They requested a 15-day extension to answer notices tied to a petition seeking their disqualification.
- Where
- The extension request was sent to the Lok Sabha Speaker; the MPs planned to meet in Kolkata.
- When
- The reply deadline was October 8; the MPs planned to meet at 3 pm Thursday.
- Why
- Ghosh Dastidar said the MPs had not gathered all documents needed to prepare their response.
Rebel MPs
Disqualification petition
Whether the MPs should be disqualified
Rebel MPs
The MPs maintain that leaving the TMC and aligning with the NCPI does not attract disqualification.
Disqualification petition
A petition seeks action against the MPs under anti-defection provisions; the article does not provide the petitioners’ arguments.
Time to respond
Rebel MPs
The MPs say they need another 15 days to gather documents and prepare their reply.
Disqualification petition
The notices set a reply process with a deadline of October 8; the article gives no separate position from the petitioners on extending it.
Key facts
- MPs involved
- 20
- Extension requested
- 15 days
- Existing reply deadline
- October 8
- Speaker
- Om Birla
- Meeting
- Scheduled for 3 pm Thursday in Kolkata
- Basis for notices
- A petition seeking disqualification under anti-defection provisions
Quotes
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Rebel TMC parliamentarian who said the MPs were seeking an extension.
“Our deadline to send a reply is about to end today. We are writing to the Lok Sabha Speaker requesting 15 days more time.”
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Sources
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