NCP to Issue Notices to 7 Rebel MLAs in Nagaland

The Party's Legal Team Is Studying the Matter in Detail, a Senior NCP Leader Said

- Faisal Malik

MUMBAI: The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which lost all its seven legislators in Nagaland to the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) on Saturday, is planning to file a petition before the speaker of the Nagaland assembly seeking their disqualification. The party is also likely to issue notices to the seven MLAs who merged the state unit of the party with the ruling NDPP, said sources in the NCP leadership.

On Sunday, NCP president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said the anti-defection law may not be applicable in this case as all seven MLAs had defected to the NDPP. He also admitted that the MLAs were tense when they met him a few months ago as development works in their constituencies were not getting approved.