 "Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu")
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted towards get together nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi within the Rajya Sabha elections, together with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a lodge in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rise up towards Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Two BJP MLAs Vikram Thakur and Trilok Jamwal from Himachal Pradesh had been accompanying the legislators, who arrived in Rishikesh from Haryana’s Panchkula by a chartered flight late on Friday and checked into Hotel Taj.
Congress MLAs Sudhir Sharma, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhuttu, Ravindra Thakur and Chaitanya Sharma have since been disqualified for defying the get together whip on the state price range.
They have approached the Supreme Court for aid within the matter.
Three Independent MLAs Hoshiar Singh, KL Thakur and Ashish Sharma had been additionally with them once they arrived.
The Congress at present has 34 MLAs within the Himachal Pradesh Assembly whereas the BJP has 25. The three Independent MLAs had additionally sided with the BJP within the Rajya Sabha polls.
Security across the lodge has been tightened and nobody is being allowed to enter the premises besides those that have advance on-line bookings.
The lodge is situated about 30 kilometres from Rishikesh alongside the Rishikesh-Badrinath Road.
The Congress has already stepped up efforts to set its home so as in Himachal Pradesh and is holding parleys with senior ministers of the state.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region BL Verma instructed reporters in Haridwar that the Congress authorities in Himachal Pradesh will quickly fall.
“The Sukhu government in Himachal Pradesh is battling internal conflicts. It will not last long because of this infighting,” Verma stated.
He claimed Rahul Gandhi’s actions have eradicated the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and can wipe it out from everywhere in the nation after the Lok Sabha elections.
Verma was in Haridwar to attend a ‘Sahakarita Sammelan’ organised at yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth.
Replying to a query in regards to the presence of the Himachal Pradesh MLAs in Uttarakhand, Verma stated the case of their expulsion is within the Supreme Court and the BJP honours the courts.
He additionally described the Samajwadi Party as a family-oriented organisation that will be unable to open its account within the normal elections.
Calling the continuing farmers’ motion politically motivated, he claimed the price range for farmers was solely Rs 21,900 crore in 2013-14. It has been elevated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 1.25 lakh crore.
“But some political parties are trying to defame the government under the guise of farmers. They will never succeed,” he stated.
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First Published: Mar 09 2024 | 7:12 PM IST
