Chandigarh, June 25
Challenging the continuation of Congress-turned-BJP leader Kiran Choudhry, the Congress today approached Speaker Gian Chand Gupta with a reminder to disqualify her as a member of the Vidhan Sabha immediately.
In a letter, the deputy leader of the Congress in the House, Aftab Ahmed, and Chief Whip BB Batra urged Gupta to disqualify Choudhry, elected on a Congress ticket from Tosham, after she resigned from the party’s primary membership and joined the BJP.
The letter stated that any member who voluntarily gave up the membership of a political party was liable to be disqualified.
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