Uddhav Thackeray seeks disqualification of rebel MPs, says defections part of bigger conspiracy

With TMC split, here is what the defection law says — and omits The Indian Express TMC rebels merge with NCPI to avoid anti-defection law: Saugata Roy Asianet Newsable

Jana Sena Party president K. Pawan Kalyan also hints at forming a similar committee in Telangana too. | Pawan Kalyan has decided to admit leaders of other parties, intellectuals, educated people, and independent or apolitical individuals into the party.For this, Mr. Pawan Kalyan has announced a 14-member committee that will coordinate and select leaders and individuals for inducting into the party. The move comes ahead of the likely conduct of elections to the local bodies in the State.“The Joinings Committee comprises party MLAs, MLCs, an MP, senior leaders, corporation chairmen and others,” Mr. Pawan Kalyan said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.The JSP chief said he would hold discussions with the committee members after returning from his ongoing Delhi visit.According to sources, Mr. Pawan Kalyan is likely to give clarity on who should be welcomed into the party and who should not be, in the meeting scheduled to take place in the days to come. In the process, care will be taken to ensure that the leaders already working for the party in a particular constituency or mandal are not dissatisfied or disgruntled. “It should not lead to dissent and create unrest in the party,” says a JSP leader.While picking up new leaders, the committee will look into their antecedents, and commitment and loyalty to the party’s ideology.Leaders from all the three-regions have been made members of the committee, and prominent among them are MLAs Bolisetty Srinivas, Vamsi Krishna Srinivas, and Pantam Nanaji, Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh, former Minister Balineni Srinivas Reddy, former MLAs Kilari Rosaiah and Samineni Udayabhanu, and Anantapur-Hindupur Urban Development Authority (AHUDA) Chairperson T.C. Varun.Mr. Pawan Kalyan, who recently announced the JSP’s intention to contest the elections in Telangana, said a similar committee would be constituted in that State also. Published - June 16, 2026 06:21 pm IST

Elders and leaders of various communities held a meeting in Hubballi on June 15 demanding a ministerial berth for three-time MLA from Hubballi Dharwad East Assembly Constituency Prasad Abbayya. | Former MLC Mohan Limbikai lauded Prasad Abbayya for his work, and said that he had the support of people from all communities because of selfless and secular work. Making such a leader a minister would benefit the region, he said.Former minister P.C. Siddanagouda said that the demand for making him a minister was long pending, and the party high command should reward him for his good work.Chairing the meeting, nonagenarian businessman G.M. Chikkamath and said that, throughout his life, he had not supported any political party, but had extended support based on the work done by Mr. Abbayya. He said he had come to the meeting as it was meant for seeking due position to a leader who believed in working for all.HDUDA Chairperson Shakir Sanadi, Altaf Halwoor, Mohammed Yusuf Savanur, Vasanth Ladwa, Raja Desai, Taradevi Wali, Swati Malagi, Chandrashekhar Alagundagi, and Nagaraj Gurikar were among those who addressed the gathering and expressed their support for the demand to give a ministerial berth to Prasad Abbayya.Anwar Mudhol, Mahendra Singhi, and Rajashekhar Menasinakai coordinated the meeting, and elaborated on the contribution of Prasad Abbayya to the development of the region.Prasad Abbayya has remained unbeaten since 2013 with his winning margin increasing from 13,000 in 2013, to 21,000 in 2018, and to 32,000 in 2023. Published - June 16, 2026 10:21 am IST

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. | With sources in the government indicating that the Centre is likely to bring the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty First Amendment) Bill, 2026 or the Delimitation Bill as early as the monsoon session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in mid-July, it becomes crucial that this bloc, which has promised support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gets to vote when the said Bills are taken up. In April, the government had fallen short of the two-thirds majority required for its passage. Published - June 15, 2026 10:06 pm IST

TMC crisis LIVE | ‘BJP shut doors’, ‘lost their honour’: TMC leaders slam rebel MPs' merger with NCPI Hindustan Times 'Misogynistic remarks and abuse': Rebel TMC MP seeks Kalyan Banerjee's expulsion from Lok Sabha The Times of India "Repeated pattern of misbehaviour, misogny": Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh demands explusion of Kalyan Banerjee from LS; writes to Speaker Birla ANI News Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar writes to LS Speaker seeking Kalyan Banerjee’s expulsion The Sen Times TMC Turmoil: MP Seeks Expulsion Over Alleged Misconduct Devdiscourse

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