Mayor: Floor-crossing law prompted by Siparia defections

Siparia May­or Dood­nath Mayrhoo says the Gov­ern­ment’s move to in­tro­duce a floor-cross­ing pro­vi­sion for lo­cal gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives was prompt­ed by the de­fec­tion of two mem­bers of the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion, whom he called “trai­tors.”

Un­der the pro­posed pro­vi­sion, lo­cal gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives would lose their seats if they ceased to be­long to the po­lit­i­cal par­ty un­der whose ban­ner they were elect­ed.

Speak­ing out­side Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, ahead of de­bate on the Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions (Amend­ment) Bill, 2026, Mayrhoo said he had lob­bied Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar for such a mea­sure af­ter Siparia West/Fyz­abad coun­cil­lor Ja­son Ali and al­der­man Vic­tor Roberts left the par­ty.