Imphal, Jan. 28 -- The Opposition Congress in Manipur has filed disqualification petitions against four National People's Party (NPP) MLAs for extending support to the BJP-led government, despite the NPP officially withdrawing its support to the saffron party in November last year.

Manipur Congress vice-president Hareshwar Goswami, a retired bureaucrat, submitted four separate disqualification petitions to the Speaker's Tribunal of the Assembly.

Speaking to the media, Goswami's lead counsel, N. Bupenda Meitei, said the petitions targeted the NPP MLAs for their continued association with the BJP-led government.

"The four MLAs attended a meeting of ruling legislators convened by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in November, despite the NPP'...