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This is an archive article published on January 6, 2011
Cong MLA Sabitri Mitra disqualified for defecting
West Bengal Assembly Speaker H A Halim disqualified Congress legislator Sabitri Mitra,who has joined the Trinamool Congress,from the House.
Written by Press Trust Of India
Kolkata | January 6, 2011 04:26 AM IST
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West Bengal Assembly Speaker H A Halim today disqualified Congress legislator Sabitri Mitra,who has joined the Trinamool Congress,from the House.
Mitra,elected from Araidanga constituency in Malda district,was not present when the Speaker passed the order in the House. I have filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court stating that proper procedure has not been followed in my disqualification, she told reporters later.
Mitra,a five-time MLA and a vice-president of the WBPCC,said: I knew I was going to be expelled,but the way it was done was improper. It reflects the personal vendetta of PCC president Manas Bhuniya against me.
Bhuniya,who had urged the Speaker to disqualify her under anti-defection law,said: This will be a lesson for opportunists who win on a party ticket and later defect to another.
This is the third disqualification of a Congress MLA in the state since the last Assembly polls in 2006. Interestingly,all the three have joined the Trinamool. Earlier,the membership of Somen Mitra and Sudip Bandyopadhyay were cancelled. Claiming that this would not affect the partys with ally Trinamool,Bhuniya said that this had sent a message to to all politicians and elected representatives.
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