Parliamentary secretary row in Manipur
(WorldNews India)

The High Court of Manipur has set aside the appointment of 12 MLAs as parliamentary secretaries, prompting the Opposition Congress to seek their disqualification and the resignation of the BJP-led state government on moral ground. The court on Thursday pronounced that the Manipur Parliamentary Secretary (Appointment, Salary and Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2012 and the Manipur Parliamentary and (Appointment, Salary and Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Repealing Act, 2018 were both “invalid and...