LS Speaker seeks response from 20 rebel TMC MPs on disqualification petitions

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has instructed 20 former Trinamool Congress MPs, now members of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, to respond to disqualification petitions within a week. These petitions, currently under consideration by Birla, were initiated by the TMC. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that the Speaker had already sent notices to the 20 MPs concerning the disqualification petitions filed under the Constitution's Tenth Schedule.

The Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, is hearing a case filed by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, who challenges the delay in resolving these petitions seeking the disqualification of the MPs. The court emphasized the need to conclude the proceedings within a specified timeframe and may issue notices to the respondents as per Abhishek Banerjee's writ petition.