Tag: Keonjhar Bjd Councillors

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today rejected the order issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) to disqualify the membership of the nine BJD councillors of Keonjhar Municipality for violating anti-defection law in February 2016. It may be recalled that the nine rebel councillors of the municipality Sushree Sangeeta Nanda, Dillip Kumar Behera, Swarnalata Sahu, […]

Violating the party whip has cost nine BJD councilors of Keonjhar municipality dear as the State Election Commission (SEC) today rejected their petitions and disqualified them as members of the civic body

The nine Biju Janata Dal (BJD) councillors of Keonjhargarh Municipality, who had cast their vote against the chairperson during the no-trust motion on December 28 last year, on Monday urged the State Election Commission (SEC) not to disqualify them as councillors under the anti-defection law as per the amendment to Section 17 of the Odisha Municipal Act, 1950 (Odisha Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2015