PANJIM: The Goa assembly Speaker heard the second disqualification petition filed by former Congress president Girish Chodankar in 2022 on Monday, after a gap of two years, following Supreme Court directions.
All eight Congress MLAs who changed over from the Congress to the BJP, have been asked to file their replies by October 18, 2024. The arguments will take place on October 24 and 25.
Goa Assembly Speaker dismissed the first disqualification petition filed by Dominic Noronha against eight rebel Congress MLAs.
MLAs Digambar Kamat, Aleixo Sequeira, Sankalp Amonkar, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rudolf Fernandes and Rajesh Faldesai, joined the BJP on 14 September 2022.