The Supreme Court issued notices to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and others on a plea by the Uddhav Thackeray faction, challenging the recognition of six Shiv Sena MPs' merger with the Eknath Shinde-led party, posting the matter for hearing in two weeks.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to submit disqualification petitions against 20 party MPs who have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). The MPs will now support the BJP-led NDA.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has invited TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for a meeting on June 19 to present his case regarding a split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party. The meeting is scheduled for 5 pm at Parliament House in Delhi.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has invited TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for a meeting on June 19 to present his case regarding a split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party. The meeting is scheduled for 5 pm at Parliament House in Delhi, following a demand by 20 rebel TMC MPs to be recognized as a separate group.
Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and will support the BJP-led NDA. This move makes the previously obscure NCPI the fifth-largest party in Lok Sabha and the second-largest bloc in the NDA, bolstering its numbers.
DMK MP Kanimozhi has requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change parliamentary seating arrangements, moving DMK MPs away from Congress. This follows the end of their two-decade alliance in Tamil Nadu after the recent poll results. The DMK accused Congress of betrayal for supporting another party to form the government, warning of widespread electoral consequences.
