BJP may go to court on Ekka issue

The Pro Tem Speaker has asked Ekka why he should not be disqualified for going against his party.

Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said his party might move the court against the decision of Jharkhand Pro-Tem speaker Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu to serve show cause notice on Enos Ekka, a member of the House, under the anti-defection law.

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Criticising the Pro-Tem speaker's decision, Naidu told reporters at the airport in Kolkata that if necessary the BJP might move the court to challenge such a move.

He said, "what is happening in Jharkhand now tantamounted to killing of democracy."

Balmuchu on Thursday served a notice under the anti-defection law to Ekka after his party complained that he had supported the NDA against its directives.

The former BJP president on way to Guwahati from Delhi charged the Congress and chief minister Shibu Soren with conspiring against the BJP and its allies in Jharkhand.