Aaditya Thackeray accused rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs of putting greed above ideology as the party intensified anti-defection proceedings against absent lawmakers amid reports of a fresh split.
The merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with the little-known NCPI has thrust the party into the national spotlight. The move could prove crucial in helping the breakaway faction navigate India's anti-defection law while backing the NDA government.
A major shift in the Rajya Sabha sees BJP’s numbers climb after seven AAP MPs switch sides, triggering both political welcome and a legal challenge over the merger’s validity.
AAP MP Raghav Chadha, alongside Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, announced that two-thirds of the party's Rajya Sabha members are merging with BJP, invoking constitutional provisions to formalise the split.
“If we do not issue any direction, it will amount to permitting the Speaker to repeat the widely criticized situation of ‘operation successful, patient died’,” Chief Justice Gavai remarked, authoring the Court’s judgment.
Slamming the chief minister for his indiscretion, a bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said, “If this is said on the floor of the house, your Hon'ble CM is making a mockery of the 10th Schedule (anti-defection law).”
The House passed this Bill by voice vote amid opposition from the opposition.
The three MLAs' petition is pending in the high court against the Speaker for not approving their resignation from the State Legislative Assembly.
The Parliament of India and all state legislatures are members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and are expected to attend the Conference in Halifax, Canada.
The present government sitting at the Centre cannot face criticism and those criticising the government are being called traitors, said Ashok Gehlot.
