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Uttar Pradesh assembly Speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi on Saturday reserved his order on the question of maintainability of a petition moved by the Bharatiya Janata Party against ten dissident legislators under the anti-defection law. ...
...Representing the party leadership was Sat Pal Jain, Chandigarh-based counsel and former BJP legislator, who was of the view that the act committed by the dissidents was enough to disqualify them from membership of the state assembly.
He cited the strikingly similar case of Ravi Naik in Goa who was disqualified for committing acts of indiscipline outside the assembly.
Jain's reference to the dissidents as "traitors" evoked a sharp response. Prolonged arguments that continued for over five hours eventually led the speaker to reserve his order.
Uttar Pradesh assembly Speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi on Saturday reserved his order on the question of maintainability of a petition moved by the Bharatiya Janata Party against ten dissident legislators under the anti-defection law. ...
...Representing the party leadership was Sat Pal Jain, Chandigarh-based counsel and former BJP legislator, who was of the view that the act committed by the dissidents was enough to disqualify them from membership of the state assembly.
He cited the strikingly similar case of Ravi Naik in Goa who was disqualified for committing acts of indiscipline outside the assembly.
Jain's reference to the dissidents as "traitors" evoked a sharp response. Prolonged arguments that continued for over five hours eventually led the speaker to reserve his order.
