Nabam Rebia


Nabam Rebia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently serving as a Member of the Parliament of India representing Arunachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was a speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
He earlier was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Arunachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, as a member of the Congress party. He is the EX-MLA from Arunachal's constituency of Doimukh and minister of Urban Development, Town Planning, Housing, Urban Local Bodies and Law and Justice in BJP-led Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Supreme Court judgement, Nabam Rebia case of 2016, prevents a Speaker, who was themselves facing a motion for removal, from adjudicating petitions to disqualify legislators under the anti-defection law.