‘Ruling party’s bid to disqualify three MLAs unconstitutional’

The AIADMK is afraid of losing the Assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu, and the recommendation of the Government Chief Whip to disqualify three dissident ruling party MLAs is irregular and unconstitutional, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri has said. He wants the courts to take up the issue suo motu and prevent any move to disqualify the MLAs. He says the Congress high command will decide whether the party will seek a share in power in case the DMK is in a position to form the government after the bypolls. Excerpts:
The Government Chief Whip has made a recommendation to the Speaker to take action against three AIADMK MLAs for “anti-party” activities. What do you make of it?
The attempt to disqualify the MLAs is highly irregular and unconstitutional. If these MLAs had violated the party bye-laws, the Speaker should have taken action against them at that point in time itself. However, based on inputs from the police that they [ruling party] won’t win the Assembly byelections, they are trying to disqualify these three MLAs. Since the election began, the three MLAs have not said anything against the AIADMK. If you are taking action against them now, it is wrong. Till now, they were part of the AIADMK, and now, suddenly, you (AIADMK) are asking for their disqualification. It reeks of opportunism, because you (AIADMK) are afraid of defeat.

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