On February 29, the Speaker disqualified the six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. The six MLAs who had been disqualified were Sudhir Sharma, Rajinder Rana, Davinder K Bhutto, Ravi Thakur, Chaitanya Sharma and Inder Dutt Lakhanpal under the anti-defection law.
An FIR has been registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari for his derogatory remarks against former Congress MLA and BJP leader Imarti Devi.
Patwari allegedly made objectionable remarks against former Congress MLA Imarti Devi, using wordplay with the term 'imarti', a popular sweet. Notably, she had joined the BJP along with Scindia in March 2020.
Meanwhile, along with Lovely, former Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya and former Youth Congress President Amit Mallik also joined the BJP.
Imarti Devi was among the Congress MLAs who had joined the BJP along with Jyotiraditya Scindia in March 2020, triggering the collapse of the then Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh.
Along with Lovely, former Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya and former Youth Congress President Amit Mallik also joined the BJP.
The Election Commission issued a notice on Thursday to Congress MLA Raju Kage, also known as Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage, after he allegedly made a controversial statement during an election campaign in Madabavi, Belagavi, on April 30.
Former Congress MLAs, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya, who resigned from the party over the alliance with Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, asked why it entered into alliance with a party that strongly criticized Congress' government, adding that the party workers are not able to work with them.
Congress MLA and an invitee member of Congress Working Committee Sudip Roy Barman has reiterated his demand for fresh elections in the West Tripura parliamentary constituency and Ramnagar assembly constituency stating that the whole election process was turned into a farce through "false vot
Congress received yet another jolt when many of its councillors, former councillors and workers joined the BJP on Thursday who were part of the team of former Congress MLAs Sanjay Shukla and Vishal Patel. Both the former Congress MLAs had joined the BJP earlier this year.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta passed the order while hearing Congress MLA Moquim's appeal. The bench also issued notice to the state government on Moquim's appeal against the Odisha High Court's decision.