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Anti-defection law is being killed in this Assembly: Sardesai
    Panaji, Jul 17 (PTI) Goa Forward Party chief Vijai
Sardesai said in the Goa Assembly Wednesday that the
anti-defection law was being "killed" in the House.
    Sardesai, who was deputy chief minister, and two other
ministers of his party were dropped from the Goa cabinet
recently when ten Congress MLAs joined the BJP.
    "Tenth schedule of the Indian Constitution (which
contains provisions related to the anti-defection law) is
being killed in this very House," he said, speaking on the
motion to thank the governor for her address.
    "One fine day, if the Supreme Court takes suo moto (on
its own) cognizance of this (Congress MLAs merging their group
with the BJP), then these ten people will be out of their
political career," he said.
    These legislators' act was tantamount to taking
"voluntary retirement" from politics as they would surely be
defeated in the next election, he claimed.
    The BJP government would tell some lies to party
cadres to justify induction of Congress MLAs but "lies are not
accepted in Goa", he said. PTI RPS
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