Membership of 6 Congress MLAs who cross-voted during Rajya Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh has been cancelled. Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that the six MLAs who contested the elections on the Congress symbol violated the provisions of the anti-defection law. Therefore, the membership of these MLAs is cancelled with immediate effect.
The Speaker has held him guilty of violating the party whip. While giving his decision, Assembly Speaker Pathania said that we listened to both the sides carefully. We found that the rebel MLAs have violated the whip. These include Rajendra Rana (Sujanpura), Sudhir Sharma (Dharamshala), Ravi Thakur (Lahaul Spiti), Chaitanya Sharma (Gagret), Devendra Bhutto (Kutlad), ID Lakhanpal (Barsar).
He said that the six MLAs who contested the elections on the Congress symbol violated the provisions of the anti-defection law. Therefore, the membership of these MLAs is canceled with immediate effect.
Ram came, Ram went, doing politics
The speaker said that the government got the mandate. The public elected the government for 5 years and these people are doing politics of Aya Ram, Gaya Ram. It should not happen. These people themselves invited the anti-defection law.
Voted for opposition party BJP
Let us tell you that these leaders have voted for BJP's Harsh Mahajan instead of party candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Due to this Singhvi lost the Rajya Sabha elections. Amidst the discussions about the fall of the government and snatching of the Chief Minister's chair, CM Sukhwinder Sukhu had called the MLAs to the government residence for breakfast on Thursday morning. The time given was 9:30 in the morning.
Vikramaditya Singh, who had resigned from the post of minister, has not arrived yet. After his resignation, he had said that the decision on this would be taken by the observer of the high command. It is certain that he will not go ahead with his resignation.