Bhubaneswar, April 11 -- Odisha Assembly Speaker disqualified two MLAs - Arabinda Dhali and Premananda Nayak - who recently joined the BJP after resigning from the BJD ahead of the ensuing twin polls in the state.

The membership of Jayadev MLA Arabinda Dhali and Telkoi MLA Premananda Nayak were disqualified as per the provision under paragraph 6(1) of the 10th Schedule to the Constitution of India.

A notification on the disqualification of two members has been issued by the Odisha Legislative Assembly yesterday.

The Speaker Pramila Mallick decided after the Government Chief Whip MLA Prasanta Kumar Muduli filed a petition on March 18 under Rule 6 of the Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rul...