West Bengal Assembly Speaker allows Mukul to remain MLA
Speaker Biman Banerjee, who conducted 12 hearings on the proceedings, also held that Roy would stay as the BJP legislator
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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Speaker Biman Banerjee, who conducted 12 hearings on the proceedings, also held that Roy would stay as the BJP legislator
The Association for Democratic Reforms report analysed the election affidavits of 443 MLAs and MPs who switched parties and recontested polls in the past five years. Out of the 405 MLAs across the States who quit and switched parties, 42% were from the Congress, the report found, while the BJP came in a distant second with 4.4%. On the other hand, the BJP was the party of choice for 44.9% of the recontesting MLAs, followed by the Congress with 9.4%.