Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla considered pleas from defected MPs belonging to the TMC rebel faction.

The entities involved

• Mamata Banerjee →

  Former Chief Minister of West Bengal

  • ECI actions led to the arrests of Humayun Kabir and Saiful Islam, alongside the freeze of the TMC's election symbol amid ongoing disputes.Mon 16:56
  • Sarma criticized the INDI Alliance's undermining of the Election Commission, amid political uproar involving Gandhi and Banerjee.Mon 14:59
• Om Birla →

  Speaker of the Lok Sabha

  • Procedural matters regarding disqualification petitions are underway, including urging expeditious disposal and inviting petitioners to an all-party meeting.Mon 10:17
  • Multiple individuals, including Arup Roy, Biplab Mitra, and Rathin Ghosh, are subject to disqualification petitions in India.Mon 10:17
• Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar →

  Indian politician

  • High-level political discussions are underway regarding potential shifts towards the NDA bloc, including a potential merger under bloc leadership, alongside committee work on central welfare schemes.Mon 03:31
  • Leadership challenges against Abhishek Banerjee from both Kalyan Banerjee and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar.Sun 22:45

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• Om Birla presided over the Lok Sabha during a political crisis and pressured the Speaker regarding the disqualification of rebel MPs.Jul 27
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• TMC rebellion leads to a parliamentary crisis, involving defections from Shiv Sena and subsequent actions by the Lok Sabha Speaker.Jul 18