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Disqualification petitions will be futile exercise

The media has reported that the Congress leaders and  a RTI activist have filed disqualification petitions before the Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker, against eight Congress MLAs who left the party and defected to the ruling BJP after having  passed a resolution, to merge  the legislative wing with the BJP. Obviously these disqualification petitions as everyone knows may be just to appease and pacify the supporters of Congress party and also the posterity that something was done by some Congress leaders and concerned activists hoping to undo what's already a fait accompli. Everyone knows that the Speaker is  not expected to work against the interest of his party. Anyway he has announced to the media that he will issue notices to the concerned parties and hold the first hearing on petitions in about 15 days. Let's wait and see what's the outcome. In fact Congress party instead of filing such petitions should seriously introspect why such deceitful acts take place, where elected MLAs defect without any hesitation or remorse. Obviously the main reason being that nowadays there are very few  committed Congress MLAs that wouldn't  resist any profitable offers, if received from the ruling party.




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England did well to bring T20 World Cup trophy home

S KAMAT, Alto Santa Cruz
Published Nov 15, 2022, 8:01 PM IST
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In the T20I World Cup cricket final at Melbourne, England again showed consistency in disposing off their opponents, Pakistan who were a pale shadow of the team that beat the Kiwis in the semi-finals. England after some reversals in the league games peaked at the right moment. Buttler's understated captaincy, Curran and Rashid's ability to lock down the opposing batsmen and Stokes' 'Rock of Gibraltar' act brought the T20 trophy home. What a cricketer, this Stokes is, a Mr…

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