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Rebel TMC MPs Seek 15 More Days to Reply to Lok Sabha Disqualification Notices
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News18•08-10-2026, 12:45
Rebel TMC MPs Seek 15 More Days to Reply to Lok Sabha Disqualification Notices
- •Twenty rebel TMC MPs who aligned with the NCPI have requested an additional 15 days to respond to disqualification notices issued by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
- •The original deadline to submit replies to the Lok Sabha secretariat was set to end on October 8.
- •Lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar stated that the extension was sought because their legal team needs more time to collate all necessary documents.
- •The rebel MPs maintain that their shift from the TMC to the NCPI does not violate anti-defection laws.
- •The affected parliamentarians scheduled an urgent meeting in Kolkata to discuss the notices and determine their future legal and political strategy.
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The twenty rebel TMC MPs requested an additional 15 days because their legal team and the MPs themselves were yet to collate all the necessary documents required to prepare their formal response against the disqualification notices.
The disqualification petitions were filed under the anti-defection law's Tenth Schedule after the MPs left the TMC, aligned themselves with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), and sought separate seating in Parliament.
The rebel parliamentarians have consistently maintained that their decision to break away from the TMC and align with the NCPI does not attract disqualification under anti-defection provisions.
