📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / GeoEvan (www.polgeonow.com)
Politics
NPP Calls for Disqualification of Five Nagaland MLAs Who Joined NPF
✍️ northeasttoday.in
🗓 06 Oct 2026, 02:01 PM
👁 37
The Nationalist People's Party (NPP) has filed a petition to disqualify five Nagaland legislators who defected to the Nationalist Party of Nagaland (NPF), citing breach of anti-defection laws.
The Nationalist People's Party (NPP) has lodged a formal petition with the Nagaland Legislative Assembly seeking the disqualification of five of its members who recently joined the Nationalist Party of Nagaland (NPF).
The petition argues that the defecting legislators violated the anti-defection provisions of the Constitution, which prohibit members from switching parties without resigning from their seats.
In a statement released to the press, the NPP spokesperson said the move was necessary to uphold the integrity of the party and to deter future defections.
If the petition is accepted, the five MLAs would lose their seats, potentially triggering by-elections and altering the balance of power in the state assembly.
The petition argues that the defecting legislators violated the anti-defection provisions of the Constitution, which prohibit members from switching parties without resigning from their seats.
In a statement released to the press, the NPP spokesperson said the move was necessary to uphold the integrity of the party and to deter future defections.
If the petition is accepted, the five MLAs would lose their seats, potentially triggering by-elections and altering the balance of power in the state assembly.