“To what extent has morality fallen..”: SC on Goa Congressman joining BJP

Chodankar’s counsel urged the court to consider the larger legal questions involved in the case. He said that recently 9 MLAs of Congress had joined BJP. On this, Justice Shah said to what extent our morality has fallen. However, saying that there was no urgency in the matter, the presiding officer directed that it be listed next year to consider these legal questions.

In fact, Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar had approached the Supreme Court after not getting relief from the Bombay High Court on his order to file a petition against the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. This petition was filed just a day before the results of the new assembly elections in Goa were announced.

In the elections to be held in the Goa Legislative Assembly in 2017, in 2019, the merger of the 12-member Congress with the BJP was approved by the speaker. The recognition of the Speaker was challenged in the High Court, but there the decision of the Speaker is being considered, so challenging it is a petition to the Supreme Court complaining that Bombay has completely failed to make concrete demands challenging the move of the Speaker. made lifeless.

Whatever happened in Goa, the party was merged. Although the term of the new assembly ended with the seventeenth session, the petition claims that the result of the new assembly elections is also prone to horse-trading following an unclear majority position. The Supreme Court should intervene on this and make a solid constitutional arrangement for the future.