As expected the turn coat BJP MLA Asish Das who joined Trinamool Congress on Sunday in a rally, will face the axe under Anti Defection Law. Sources said, Speaker Ratan Chakrabarty has already set the disqualification process into motion. As per the anti-defection law (the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution) the Speaker will first issue a letter to Das to explain his position. Since he was elected as BJP nominee from Surma SC reserved constituency, after his switching over to another party- TMC- Das is under the law will lose his membership in the legislative assembly.
Assembly Secretary Bishnu Pada Karmakar told a news agency that the letter being issued to the legislator and after getting his reply, the Speaker, through a legal process, would decide the next course of action against Das.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tripura chief Manik Saha however said that at the moment, the party would not take any action as he has yet to resign from the party before joining the Trinamool.
“I have learnt that the Speaker would take appropriate steps under the anti-defection law. The party is aware about his (Das) activities,” said Saha.
Das, a Scheduled Caste leader and a BJP MLA from the Surma Assembly seat in northern Tripura, on Monday said that the governance in Tripura is worse than British rule.
The 43-year-old BJP legislator, after shaving his head and performing a ‘yagna’ at the Kalighat temple in Kolkata on October 6, said that political anarchy and chaos were prevailing in the BJP-ruled Tripura where people are unhappy with the performance of the state government.
Das and four other BJP MLAs — Sudip Roy Barman, Ashis Kumar Saha, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, and Burba Mohan Tripura – in August held a big gathering in Agartala which was attended by many local BJP leaders and workers.
