Odisha Speaker Rejects BJD Plea to Disqualify 8 MLAs over Rajya Sabha Vote

Odisha Speaker Dismisses BJD, Cong''s Demand to Disqualify 11 MLAs for Cross-Voting in RS Polls

Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has rejected BJD and Congress petitions seeking disqualification of 11 MLAs over alleged cross-voting in the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls, calling the complaints vague and unsubstantiated under the Tenth Schedule. Learn why the anti-defection charges against BJD and Congress legislators failed and what this means for Odisha politics.

Odisha Speaker rejects BJD plea to disqualify 8 MLAs over Rajya Sabha vote

The Speaker dismissed the petitions on procedural grounds, holding that they did not comply with mandatory requirements under the Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 1987.

Odisha Speaker Surama Padhy dismisses BJD, Congress petitions seeking disqualification of 11 MLAs

Both parties alleged that the conduct of the MLAs, which was inconsistent with the mandate on which they were elected as BJD candidates, amounted to a voluntary relinquishment of their party membership, thereby leading to disqualification

Odisha speaker dismisses BJD plea to disqualify 8 MLAs for alleged cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls

The speaker said that the Opposition party’s petition was ‘cryptic, vague, unsubstantiated’ and did not fulfil statutory requirements to go into its merits.

Odisha: Assembly Speaker dismisses BJD, Cong’s demand to disqualify 11 MLAs for RS polls cross-voting - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has dismissed the Opposition BJD and Congress petitions to disqualify the membership of 11 of their MLAs on the charge of cross-voting during the March 16 Rajya Sabha election. While BJD chief whip Pramila Mallik sought the disqualification of eight of its MLAs, Congress Legislature Party leader Rama Chandra Kadam had sought the disqualification of three of its MLAs. Referring to BJD petitions, t…

Odisha Speaker Dismisses BJD’s Plea To Disqualify Eight MLAs In Rajya Sabha Cross-Voting Case

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has rejected the disqualification petitions filed by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) against several Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has rejected the disqualification petitions filed by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) against several of its MLAs for alleged cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha election held in March 2026.