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Rebel TMC MPs Request 15‑Day Extension to Respond to Lok Sabha Disqualification Notices

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Rebel TMC MPs Request 15‑Day Extension to Respond to Lok Sabha Disqualification Notices
Photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla receives a letter from TMC MPs including Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Mala Roy, Yusuf Pathan, and others for separate seating arrangement in the House, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI

Twenty rebel TMC MPs who have joined the NCPI have asked the Lok Sabha secretariat for an additional 15 days to reply to notices issued by Speaker Om Birla regarding a petition that seeks their disqualification under the anti‑defection law, parliamentarian Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The MPs were originally given until October 8 to submit their responses, but their legal team could not finish the required documents in time. "Our deadline to send a reply is about to end today. We are writing to the Lok Sabha Speaker requesting 15 days more time," Ghosh Dastidar told PTI. The disqualification notices were issued after a petition was filed to act against the MPs under anti‑defection provisions. The rebels maintain that their decision to leave the TMC and align with the NCPI does not warrant disqualification. The 20 MPs are also scheduled to hold an urgent meeting in Kolkata at 3 p.m. on Thursday to discuss the notices and their next steps. Published – October 08, 2026 01:09 pm IST

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