<p>The Karnataka Congress on Thursday welcomed the postponement of the crucial bypolls to 15 Assembly segments, saying this strengthened its legal fight against the disqualified ‘rebel’ legislators. </p>.<p>“I welcome this development,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao said in a tweet. </p>.<p>“The Supreme Court is going to look at the real intention of the anti-defection law and the orders of (former) Speaker Ramesh Kumar. If disqualified MLAs can contest by-polls, what’s the use of the law?” he said, referring to the anti-defection law under which the Congress managed to get the rebel MLAs disqualified. “Our case has only got strengthened.”</p>.<p>The Congress, which is desperate for vengeance against the rebels, had the first-mover advantage as the party had almost finalized candidates for the by-polls. The party even held its state election committee meeting earlier in the day. Last week, the party formally launched its by-polls campaign from Hoskote. </p>
<p>The Karnataka Congress on Thursday welcomed the postponement of the crucial bypolls to 15 Assembly segments, saying this strengthened its legal fight against the disqualified ‘rebel’ legislators. </p>.<p>“I welcome this development,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dinesh Gundu Rao said in a tweet. </p>.<p>“The Supreme Court is going to look at the real intention of the anti-defection law and the orders of (former) Speaker Ramesh Kumar. If disqualified MLAs can contest by-polls, what’s the use of the law?” he said, referring to the anti-defection law under which the Congress managed to get the rebel MLAs disqualified. “Our case has only got strengthened.”</p>.<p>The Congress, which is desperate for vengeance against the rebels, had the first-mover advantage as the party had almost finalized candidates for the by-polls. The party even held its state election committee meeting earlier in the day. Last week, the party formally launched its by-polls campaign from Hoskote. </p>
