The Calcutta HC’s disqualification of Mukul Roy under anti-defection law has heightened anxiety among ten BRS MLAs facing similar proceedings in Telangana, as the Speaker seeks more time from the Supreme Court to decide their fate

Hyderabad: The ten turncoat legislators who shifted their allegiance to the Congress after getting elected on Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) tickets are now the most worried lot after the Calcutta High Court disqualified West Bengal senior legislator Mukul Roy, who had switched loyalties from BJP to TMC under anti-defection law.

In May 2021 Assembly elections, Mukul Roy contested from Krishnanagar North seat representing the BJP. However, after the elections, he joined the TMC in the presence of Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, while retaining his MLA status.

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