Disqualify those who defected to BJP: 5 TDP MPs urge Venkaiah Naidu

Terming the merger of the former TDP MPs with the saffron party as illegal the five MPs also went into a huddle to explore legal options against the moveThe Rajya Sabha Chairman has told the representation of the five TDP MPs that he will examine the submission made to him We are waiting for his response We are also exploring legal options in the meanwhile a TDP spokesperson told IANSIn a written complaint to Naidu the five MPs two Rajya Sabha and three Lok Sabha emphasized that the merger of the two political parties can only take place at the organizational level as per the Tenth Schedule in the ConstitutionWe have come to know through media reports that four Rajya Sabha members have submitted a socalled resolution citing Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India claiming that the TDP Legislature Party in the Rajya Sabha is merging with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP However as per the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution any merger of political parties must take place at the organizational level the complaint letter statedThis is to bring you to your kind attention that there has been no merger of the TDP with the BJP I would like to bring to your kind notice that the TDP Legislature Party in the Rajya Sabha consists of six members and no notice had been sent to the members with regard to the convening of the said meeting Hence it may be considered that no such meeting has been conducted it addedOn Thursday four Rajya Sabha MPs of TDP YS Chowdary CM Ramesh Garikapati Mohan Rao and TG Venkatesh had announced that they had joined the BJPInterestingly the four had also met Naidu and urged him to approve the merger of the TDP legislature party with the BJP in the Upper HouseThe written submission further said that the defected MPs are not competent to claim the merger of the organizational wing of the TDP with BJPSince there has been no organizational merger between the TDP and the BJP their resolution for the merger of TDP Legislature Party in the Rajya Sabha with that of BJP should be rejected at the outset it saidIt said the TDP will move an application before the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for the defected MPs disqualification even as it requested that they should not be treated as part of the BJP parliamentary partyTop News Stories of the DayMumbai crime Man thrashed to death body thrown into nullah in GhatkoparMumbai Upmarket boat snaps midjourney on Madh island two residents nearlydrownAttack on web series crew CM Devendra Fadnavis assures action against cops if found guiltyMumbai crime Man kills elder brother for plucking mangoes from his tree in PalgharMumbai BEST set to reduce base bus fare to Rs 5Five years on Western Railway finally gets BMC nod for Jogeshwari escalatorsMumbai Let us use road inside Godrej compound Ghatkopar locals urgeMumbai Borivli schools fight with BMC reaches SCMumbai Titwala man to take railways to court for delaysCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates