congress: Assam Assembly Speaker Daimary says he will show cause to two congress MLAs

Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary said he would give reasons to two Congress MLAs.

The Congress has sought the disqualification of two MLAs for defying the party whip during last month’s Rajya Sabha elections.

Shashikant Das and Siddiqui Ahmed had violated the party whip. “It’s a legal requirement and we’ll tell them the reason,” Demry said. The Congress has demanded his disqualification.”

In Assam, BJP candidate Pabitra Margherita won one seat, while her ally United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) candidate Rawangwara Narzari won the second seat.

Before the election, Congress has given a three-line whip. Despite losing the second seat, there was cross voting and the opposition camp. With this defeat, the representation of the Congress in the Upper House in Assam has become nil.

The Congress needed 42 MLAs to hold the seat in the 126-member House. The Congress candidate was outgoing MP Ripun Bora. Margherita got 46 votes, while Narzari got 44 votes and Bora got 35 votes.

Leader of Opposition in Assam Legislative Assembly, Devvrat Saikia served legal notice to All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya for allegedly saying that 7-8 Congress MLAs had voted against the ruling BJP in the recently held Rajya Sabha elections. Voted for the candidates. state.

The senior Congress leader demanded an unconditional public apology and withdrawal of Barbhuiya’s statement within seven days of receiving the notice.

AIUDF and Congress are lashing out at each other and accusing each other of cross voting.

Originally published at Pen 18