Shillong, Aug. 29 -- Meghalaya Congress leader Manuel Badwar on Thursday announced that the party has resubmitted its petition to the Speaker challenging the defection of three MLAs, arguing that their actions violated constitutional provisions.
Badwar told reporters that they had to file the petition anew because the previous petitioner, Ronnie V. Lyngdoh, had left the Congress.
He explained, "Since Ronnie left the party, the earlier petition became invalid, forcing us to start over. This new petition also includes his defection."
He accused the MLAs of failing to meet the anti-defection law's two-thirds threshold. "Two MLAs defected first, and the third followed only 48 hours later.
That clearly does not amount to 66 percent, which ...
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