Trinamool Urges Lok Sabha Speaker To Disqualify 2 MPs Who Jumped To BJP

MPs Sisir Adhikari and Sunil Mondal were elected on Trinamool tickets in 2019 but had switched over to BJP before the 2021 Bengal assembly polls.

Leader of the Trinamool Congress party in the Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay held a telephonic conversation with Speaker Om Birla on Thursday seeking disqualification of party MPs Sisir Adhikari and Sunil Mondal, who left the Mamata Banerjee-led party and joined the BJP, under anti-defection rules. The Trinamool MP said that he had sent two letters to the Speaker on the issue in January and May. "I had a talk with Speaker Om Birla seeking disqualification of Sisir Adhikari and Sunil Mondal. He said that he will go through the papers," Mr Bandopadhyay said. Kanthi MP Sisir Adhikari and Bardhaman Purba MP Sunil Mondal, elected on Trinamool tickets in the 2019 general elections, had switched over to the BJP before the assembly polls but did not step down.