Disqualification Row: HC Seeks Counter-Affidavits From Odisha Speaker, BJD Lawmakers

Kataka: The Orissa High Court has issued notices, seeking responses from three more suspended Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs in connection with petitions challenging the dismissal of their disqualification pleas over alleged cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha elections held earlier this year. Justice R K Pattanaik issued the directions while hearing petitions against suspended lawmakers Arvind Mohapatra, Souvic Biswal, and…