Kohima, February 18 (PTI): The Congress has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging Speaker C. Sazo’s rejection of the disqualification petition against eight Congress MLAs, who had merged with the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) in November last year. “We have filed a petition in Supreme Court on February 9 challenging the order of the State Assembly Speaker allowing the merger of eight Congress MLAs with NPF, thereby, disposing the disqualification petition against the Congress MLAs,” Nagaland PCC ad hoc president K Therie told PTI here on Wednesday. He said following the merger of the 8 MLAs on November 20 last year, the Speaker had disposed the September 4 petition filed by Congress in accordance with a 2014 ruling of Gauhati High Court. The Speaker had passed the order on November 21, 2015, saying the eight MLAs are protected against disqualification on defection ground.
