NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal late on Saturday night disqualified the nine Congress MLAs accused of rebellion from the House on the recommendation of Chief Minister Harish Rawat.
Rawat had urged the speaker to disqualify them on the grounds that they have joined hands with the BJP in order to bring down his government.
The Harish Rawat-led government will take the floor test on Monday to prove its majority in the 70-member Assembly.
After meeting the Speaker on Saturday, Rawat said he provided documents supporting the petition of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh seeking disqualification of the rebel MLAs.
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