India's Top Court Sets Deadline on 20 Rebel TMC Lawmakers
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Twenty MPs from the TMC party are in trouble. TMC is a political party in India. The MPs are called rebel MPs. This means they did not follow their party's rules.
India's Supreme Court sent a notice to all 20 MPs. The notice is an official letter. It tells them about a legal problem.
The Speaker leads meetings in the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha is the lower house of India's parliament. The Supreme Court told the Speaker to decide fast.
The Speaker must decide about the MPs' disqualification in seven days. Disqualification means losing the job as an MP.
The actor Sayoni Ghosh and the former cricketer Yusuf Pathan are two of the 20 rebel MPs.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee asked the court for help. He wants the Speaker to act quickly.
Vocabulary6 words
- MP
- a person elected to work in parliament
- rebel
- a person who does not follow their group's rules
- Supreme Court
- the highest and most powerful court in a country
- notice
- an official letter about a legal matter
- Lok Sabha
- the lower house of India's parliament
- disqualification
- losing a job or position because of a rule
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Answer key
1. 20 2. The Speaker 3. True
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Twenty _____ from the TMC party are in trouble.
India's _____ sent a notice to all 20 MPs.
The Speaker leads meetings in the _____.
The Supreme Court told the Speaker to decide fast.
The Speaker must decide about the MPs' _____ in seven days.
The actor Sayoni Ghosh and the former cricketer Yusuf Pathan are two of the 20 _____ MPs.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee asked the _____ for help.
He wants the Speaker to act _____.