6 Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs, Who Cross-Voted In Rajya Sabha Polls, Disqualified

Six Congress MLAs have been disqualified for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls

New Delhi:

Six Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted for the BJP within the Rajya Sabha election has been disqualified from the meeting, the Speaker introduced in the present day.

The BJP had clapped for and congratulated the six MLAs for his or her ‘bravery’ yesterday once they got here to the meeting, after staying the earlier night time in BJP-ruled Haryana. Their kick, nonetheless, has gone extensive.

The disqualified MLAs are Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhutoo, Ravi Thakur, and Chetanya Sharma.

Meeting Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania in the present day stated they’ve been disqualified for defying the celebration whip to vote in favour of the federal government on the Finance Invoice in the home yesterday. The meeting handed the state Funds after the Speaker suspended 15 BJP MLAs.

The actions of the six MLAs violated the anti-defection regulation, the Speaker stated.

For now, the MLAs’ disqualification has closed the chapter for the ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh after a two-day scare over the BJP returning to energy with a no-trust vote, for the reason that six MLAs had voted for the state’s Opposition celebration within the Rajya Sabha election.

The BJP had deduced the six Congress MLAs not trusted the ruling celebration.

Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra yesterday questioned whether or not the BJP, with simply 25 MLAs, was working additional time to overthrow the Himachal Pradesh authorities.

Minus the six disqualified MLAs, the Congress now has 34 MLAs within the 62-member home. Three unbiased MLAs who supported the Congress additionally cross-voted for the BJP within the Rajya Sabha election.

“In democracy, the general public has the suitable to decide on the federal government of their selection. The individuals of Himachal Pradesh used this proper and shaped the Congress authorities with a transparent majority. However BJP needs to crush this proper of the individuals by misusing cash energy, energy of companies and energy of the Centre,” Priyanka Gandhi stated in a submit on the microblogging platform X in Hindi.