Odisha Speaker Surama Padhy dismisses BJD, Congress petitions seeking disqualification of 11 MLAs

Both parties alleged that the conduct of the MLAs, which was inconsistent with the mandate on which they were elected as BJD candidates, amounted to a voluntary relinquishment of their party membership, thereby leading to disqualification
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