Goa Speaker summons state Cong leader over disqualification plea

Goa Speaker Rajesh Patnekar on Friday summoned state Congress leader Girish Chodankar and pushed aside an software in search of to supply an extra file in reference to the disqualification petition filed towards 10 MLAs.

The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president has filed a disqualification petition towards 10 MLAs who had left the party to sign up for the BJP in 2019.

The Speaker had heard the arguments within the topic on February 26, and the reserve on it’s pending.

The Speaker summoned Chodankar and knowledgeable him that considered one of his packages in search of to supply an extra file has been pushed aside.

Talking to journalists, Chodankar’s attorney Abhijit Gosawi mentioned that they had sought to supply an extra file within the topic.

The Speaker used to be asked to present his verdict within the topic once conceivable, as the general arguments in it have been already heard on February 26.

Ten MLAs, led by way of former Chief of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, had cut up from the Congress in July 2019 and joined the BJP.

Kavlekar is these days the deputy leader minister within the Pramod Sawant-led cupboard.

The disqualification petition argues that the cut up by way of the MLAs used to be now not legitimate and it draws the anti-defection legislation, Gosawi mentioned.