Nov 1 – Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly has dismissed the disqualification petition filed against 8 defected MLAs filed by ex GPCC President Girish Chodankar. Speaker dismissed the petition after two years saying that the arguments of the petitioner are factually and legally incorrect when he says that the Speaker has decided about the merger in the order dated Sept 9, 2022. Speaking to media, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar justified the delay in view of the multiple hearings and submissions. However, I did tried to fast track the order, he said. If the petitioner is not happy with the order, he is free to challenge it. He also informed that there is one more disqualification petition pending with the Speaker against the 8 MLAs – Digambar Kamat, Micheal Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rajesh Faldessai, Rudolf Fernandes, Sankalp Amonkar and Alexio Sequiera – who had joined BJP on Sept 9, 2022 after getting elected on Congress ticket.
