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Manipur Cong moves Speaker’s tribunal seeking disqualification of state forest minister T Shyamkumar

First Published: 25th January, 2020 20:01 IST

The Manipur Congress has submitted an application before the Speaker’s tribunal of the State Assembly in regards to the disqualification of State Forest Minister T Shyamkumar from the Legislative Assembly.

The Manipur Congress has submitted an application before the Speaker’s tribunal of the State Assembly in regards to the disqualification of State Forest Minister T Shyamkumar from the Legislative Assembly.

The application was filed by the Congress, after the Supreme Court had directed the Speaker to take a decision on the petition seeking disqualification of T Shyamkumar.

A case was filed by Congress MLAs K Meghachandra and Fajur Rahim seeking disqualification of the State Forest Minister under Anti-Defection Law.

T Shyamkumar, who won the Assembly Elections in the State on a Congress ticket, had joined the BJP later and is currently serving as the State Forest Minister.

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