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Anti Defection Law
Disqualification Row: 20 Rebel TMC MPs Seek Fourth Extension Until November 3
Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs have sought a fourth extension from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to respond to a disqualification petition filed by TMC leader Abhishek Bane…
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SC Asks West Bengal Speaker to Decide Disqualification Pleas Against 10 Rebel TMC MLAs Within Fixed Timeframe
The Supreme Court on September 28, 2026, said it expected West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Nath Bose to decide petitions seeking the d…
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111 MPs, MLAs Changed Parties After Winning Elections Since 2022: ADR
As many as 111 elected representatives changed political parties after winning elections between 2022 and 2026, according to an analysis by…
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‘Ghar Wapsi Won’t Save You’: SC Upholds Disqualification of MLA Who Quit BRS
The Supreme Court has upheld the disqualification of former Telangana MLA Danam Nagender, ruling that returning to his original party does n…
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20 Rebel TMC MPs Seek More Time From Speaker to Respond
Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MPs have sought another four weeks to respond to disqualification petitions filed against th…
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Supreme Court Expects Lok Sabha Speaker to Take 'Expeditious' Decision on Disqualification of 20 Rebel TMC MPs
The Supreme Court has asked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take an "expeditious" decision on petitions seeking the disqualification of 20 reb…
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TMC Rebel MPs Seek Four More Weeks to Reply to Lok Sabha Disqualification Notices
Twenty Lok Sabha MPs who left the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and aligned with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) have sought anoth…
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Rebel TMC MP's Claim of 17 NCPI MPs Joining BJP Sparks Furore
Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia has claimed that 17 of the 20 Lok Sabha MPs currently aligned with the Nationalis…
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TMC’s Saket Gokhale Questions NCPI Credentials, Flags 84-Day Silence of EC on RTIs
Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale has questioned the credentials and functioning of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), a…
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Rebel TMC MPs Write to Om Birla, Seek More Time to Reply to Disqualification Notice
Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs who joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla see…
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As SC Hears Case, Lok Sabha Speaker Issues Notice to Rebel TMC MPs Over Abhishek Banerjee's Disqualification Plea
The Lok Sabha Speaker has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs over a disqualification plea filed by TMC leader Abhishek Banerj…
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Supreme Court Hears Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Seeking Expedited Decision on 20 Rebel TMC MPs
The Supreme Court has heard a plea filed by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking an expedited decision on the disqualificatio…
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Opposition Demands Parliament Debate on Anti-Defection Law and Cauvery Water Dispute
Opposition parties have sought a discussion in Parliament on the anti-defection law and the ongoing Cauvery River water dispute. They argued…
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Supreme Court Seeks Lok Sabha Speaker's Response on Approval of UBT Sena MPs' Merger with Shinde Sena
The Supreme Court has asked the Lok Sabha Speaker to file a response in a petition questioning the decision to recognise the merger of certa…
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Supreme Court Seeks Lok Sabha Speaker's Response on Approval of UBT Sena MPs' Merger with Shinde Sena
The Supreme Court has asked the Lok Sabha Speaker to respond to a petition challenging the approval of the merger involving Shiv Sena (UBT)…