Congress MLAs have written to Goa Legislative Assembly, for removal of Dr Pramod Sawant post
Panaji, Sep 21: Opposition Leader Chandrakant Kavlekar & 15 other Congress MLAs have written to Secretary, Goa Legislative Assembly, for removal of Dr Pramod Sawant from the post of Assembly Speaker.
In a letter signed by all 16 MLAs of the party was submitted to the Secretary of the Assembly.
The
letter
submitted
by
Leader
of
Opposition
Chandrakant
Kavlekar
said,''We
the
undersigned,
Members
of
Legislative
Assembly
of
Goa
do
hereby
propose
to
move
Motion
for
removal
of
Dr
Pramod
Sawant
as
Speaker
of
Legislative
Assembly
of
Goa
on
expiry
of
14
days
of
notice
period.
''
''This
House
hereby
resolves
to
remove
Dr
Pramod
Sawant
from
the
office
of
Speaker
of
Legislative
Assembly
of
Goa,'' the
motion
said.
The
motion
was
served
under
Rule
243
of
Rules
of
Procedure
and
Conduct
of
Business
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
of
Goa
read
with
Article
179
(C)
of
Constitution
for
removal
of
Speaker
from
his
office.