Shillong, March 19 -- The Congress in Meghalaya which is fighting the case seeking the disqualification of its four legislators, has accused Assembly Speaker Thomas Sangma's action of not disqualifying them amounted to his failure to discharge constitutional duties as procedural technicalities cannot override substantive justice.
At present, the Meghalaya High Court is adjudicating a writ petition filed by the grand old party, challenging an arbitrary dismissal of disqualification petitions against four members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly -- Charles Marngar, Gabriel Wahlang, Dr. Celestine Lyngdoh and Ronnie V. Lyngdoh who defected to the ruling National People's Party (NPP).
All these four MLAs were elected on Congress ticket du...