Goa Speaker summons state Cong chief over disqualification plea

Goa Speaker Rajesh Patnekar on Friday summoned state Congress chief Girish Chodankar and dismissed an utility in search of to supply a further doc in reference to the disqualification petition filed in opposition to 10 MLAs.
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president has filed a disqualification petition in opposition to 10 MLAs who had left the get together to hitch the BJP in 2019.

The Speaker had heard the arguments within the matter on February 26, and the reserve on it’s pending.
The Speaker summoned Chodankar and knowledgeable him that one among his functions in search of to supply a further doc has been dismissed.
Speaking to reporters, Chodankar’s lawyer Abhijit Gosawi stated they’d sought to supply a further doc within the matter.
The Speaker was requested to provide his verdict within the matter as quickly as potential, as the ultimate arguments in it have been already heard on February 26.
Ten MLAs, led by former Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, had cut up from the Congress in July 2019 and joined the BJP.

Kavlekar is at the moment the deputy chief minister within the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet.

The disqualification petition argues that the cut up by the MLAs was not legitimate and it attracts the anti-defection legislation, Gosawi stated.