The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and invoking religion during campaigns.
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea sought direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly seeking votes for the BJP in the name of religious deities and places of worship for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
To put a curb on rampant defections, the Congress has promised to amend the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and make defection (leaving the original party on which the MLA or MP was elected) an automatic disqualification of the membership in the Assembly or Parliament.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Friday met with Telangana Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy and demanded the disqualification of two members MLC Patnam Mahender Reddy and MLC Kusukuntla Damodar Reddy after they resigned from the BRS and later joined Congress.
Himachal Pradesh Deputy Speaker Vinay Kumar has said the action against six Congress rebel MLAs, who were disqualified, had been taken as per rules and the assembly secretariat will reply to the notice issued following hearing in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the disqualification of Himachal Pradesh's six Congress rebel leaders, however, it issued notice to concerned respondents on their petition challenging the Assembly's Speaker decision.
A delegation of Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLAs met the Legislative Assembly Speaker at his residence and asked to disqualify Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender who won the elections on a BRS ticket and joined Congress party on Sunday
Bypolls will be held in six assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh on June 1, coinciding with the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls, on the vacancies that arose due to the disqualification of six Congress MLAs who had cross-voted in Rajya Sabha election last month and defied the party whip in
Disqualified Congress MLA Rajinder Rana on Wednesday said the disqualification of MLAs by the Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh assembly was "unconstitutional."
"I would like to say that there is instability in the government and the Chief Minister is trying to save the government in the state, there are 7 new legislators being given the notice and they are trying to move forward towards the disqualification of more members of BJP. We are looking
Disqualified Congress MLA Rajinder Rana strongly criticised the Himachal government for the disqualification of 6 MLAs in Himachal Pradesh after cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha election, stating that the Chief Minister of the state has a 'small heart' and a 'small mindset'.