Disqualification Pleas Against 12 Goa MLAs Who Joined BJP Dismissed

Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar had filed a disqualification petition against ten MLAs who switched sides in 2019. The MGP's Sudin Dhavalikar had filed a similar plea against two party MLAs who joined the ruling party in the same year.

In a major relief for the BJP government in Goa, Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar on Tuesday dismissed disqualification petitions against twelve MLAs including ten former Congress legislators who crossed over to the ruling party in 2019. The BJP currently has 27 MLAs in the 40-member house. Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar had filed a disqualification petition against ten MLAs who switched sides in 2019. The MGP's Sudin Dhavalikar had filed a similar plea against two party MLAs who joined the ruling party in the same year. In separate oral orders, the Speaker dismissed both the petitions without giving any reasons.