Speaker Pradeep Kumara Amat on Friday announced in the State Assembly that the resignation of Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria and the joining of Samata Kranti Party MLA George Tirkey in the Congress were accepted.
The Speaker said Tirkey had on November 2 applied for his acceptance as Congress MLA apprising that Samata Kranti party had merged with the Indian National Congress (INC). He said the new Congress MLA would now be allotted Seat No 11 at Block-H of the House.
Similarly, the Speaker also apprised the House that the resignation of former Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria, who represented the 144-Koraput (SC) Assembly constituency, was accepted.
“The 144-Koraput (SC) Assembly constituency seat stands vacant in accordance with the Constitutional norm,” aid the Speaker.