Mlas Disqualification  

Post the verdict of the Supreme Court on the disqualification case of MLAs, what are the lessons for the Speaker, which will have a bearing on future cases too? Watch SimplifiedBy Supriya Krishnamurthy and Vicky Nanjappa on MyNation.

Within hours of the Supreme Court verdict, allowing the disgruntled Karnataka MLAs to contest the by-polls, CM BS Yediyurappa announced that the MLAs would join the party. 

The Supreme Court has underlined the fact that ‘morality’ should never be compromised in politics. 

Key Karnataka leaders – from both BJP and Congress – CM BS Yediyurappa and former CM Siddaramaiah have welcomed the top court’s verdict on disqualification. 

Will the Congress and the JD(S) file a review petition before the top court in relation to the verdict on seventeen disqualified MLAs? 

17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs can contest the upcoming by-polls on December 5, but their disqualification holds good, the Supreme Court observed.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa spoke to the disqualified seventeen Karnataka MLAs camping in New Delhi ahead of the supreme court verdict. He promised them that he would stand by them, come what may. 

There are two likely scenarios that might emerge in the supreme court’s ruling in relation to the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs on Wednesday (November 13). 

Mukul Rohatgi, the counsel for the 17 disqualified MLAs of Karnataka was asked to approach the registrar of the Supreme Court in case it needs an urgent hearing

It is being widely reported that around 10 Bengaluru corporators are mulling the option of resigning as a mark of solidarity with those Karnataka MLAs who were disqualified by the Speaker Ramesh Kumar for anti-party activities
 

The 14 Karnataka Congress MLAs who were disqualified by the Speaker Ramesh Kumar have formally been expelled by The All India Congress Committee (AICC)

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has expressed his displeasure in the way the Speaker has disqualified the 17 rebel MLAs and said that the order is patently illegal, malafide and is an overreach of power.

 

Muniratna, the disqualified Congress MLA from RR Nagar has said they had been threatened of disqualification if they did not return to party fold.

Moments after Speaker Ramesh Kumar disqualified MLAs, he has earned the wrath of senior lawyer and rebel MLAs for being ‘unconstitutional and creating history in a hurry’

Speaker Ramesh Kumar of the Karnataka Assembly has disqualified three rebel MLAs, namely R Shankar, Mahesh Kumathalli till the end of the current Assembly (May 2023). Will they be allowed to contest election? The disqualification order as #SimplifiedBy MyNation.