TNPSC Thervupettagam

MLAs Disqualification

July 29 , 2019 1937 days 905 0
  • Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 rebel MLAs barring them to contest by-polls till the end of the tenure of the present Assembly (2023).
  • Overall, the speaker disqualified 13 form Congress, 3 from JDS and 1 independent - totalling into 17 MLAs.
  • With this, the effective strength of the 225-member Assembly has been reduced to 208. The half-way mark is 105.
  • These MLAs are barred from contesting the by-elections as well.
  • It also means that the new Karnataka CM cannot accommodate the rebel MLAs in his cabinet.

 

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