Petition seeking disqualification of 12 Goa MLAs rejected by Bombay HC

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A petition by the Congress and the MGP (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party) that sought the disqualification of 12 Goa MLAs who had defected to the BJP was rejected by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. Of the 12 MLAS, 10 had defected from the Congress and two from the MGP, Goa's oldest regional party. The MLAs had said had claimed that since they constituted two-thirds of the MLAs, calling it a valid merger and not a defection under the 10th schedule of the constitution.

The petition was filed by Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar.

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