LS Speaker seeks response from 20 rebel TMC MPs on disqualification petitions

Rebel TMC MPs with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in JuneNEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who are now affiliated with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), seeking their responses within seven days to disqualification petitions filed by the TMC.The disqualification petitions are currently pending before Birla.This comes after Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the Speaker had already issued notices to the 20 MPs on the disqualification petitions filed by the TMC under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.Mehta made the submission before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant while appearing for the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Secretary General of