Manipur, July 14 -- Manipur's lone Trinamool Congress MLA T Robindro who had been disqualified by the Manipur Assembly Speaker and suspended from disqualification by the High Court of Manipur division bench till July 20, has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court.

MLA T Robindro was disqualified from Manipur Legislative Assembly based on a petition filed against him by Trinamool Congress earlier for allegedly having merged with the BJP three years ago.

As recently as June 17, three BJP lawmakers had resigned from the party and the Assembly and six other MLAs-four from National People's Party, MLA Robindro and an independent MLA withdrew their support to the BJP led government.

Meanwhile, after the judgment of the...