Panaji, Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Thursday rejected a petition filed by the Congress seeking disqualification of MLAs Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo, who quit the old party and joined the BJP in 2022.
Speaking to , Tavadkar confirmed that the disqualification petition filed by Goa Congress president Amit Patkar against former chief ministers Kamat and Lobh has been dismissed.
He said that a detailed order mentioning the reasons for rejecting the petition would be issued today.
Patkar filed a disqualification petition against Kamat and Lobo in July 2022, accusing them of conspiring to split the opposition party and voluntarily giving up its membership.
At the time of filing the petition, both the MLAs were part of Congress.
In September 2022, Kamat and Lobo, who were then leaders of opposition in the assembly, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with six other MLAs.
Speaking to , Tavadkar confirmed that the disqualification petition filed by Goa Congress president Amit Patkar against former chief ministers Kamat and Lobh has been dismissed.
He said that a detailed order mentioning the reasons for rejecting the petition would be issued today.
Patkar filed a disqualification petition against Kamat and Lobo in July 2022, accusing them of conspiring to split the opposition party and voluntarily giving up its membership.
At the time of filing the petition, both the MLAs were part of Congress.
In September 2022, Kamat and Lobo, who were then leaders of opposition in the assembly, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with six other MLAs.
