Citizenship of Subba to be decided by court not Parliament:Dasmunsi

New Delhi, Mar 14 (UNI) A meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee with leaders of various political parties today unanimously decided to leave the issue of the citizenship of Lok Sabha member Moni Kumar Subba to the court.

Disclosing this at a press conference, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said there was a consensus among the leaders that either the Election Commission or the Court should resolve the membership issue of Mr Subba.

The court was already seized of the matter and Parliament should not encroach upon the court's power, he said.

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