Abhishek meets Birla, wants 20 TMC rebels disqualified
On rebel MPs statement they have the requisite twothird numbers — threshold required to be exempt from the law and retain membership of the House — he said that “the merger will be accepted only when two-third of the political party merges with another political party and not just legislative party”.
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