JJP points whip, asks its MLAs to stay absent throughout confidence vote | Politics News

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The Jannayak Janata Party on Wednesday issued a whip, asking its 10 legislators to stay absent from the House throughout voting on the arrogance movement to be introduced by the Nayab Singh Saini authorities within the Haryana Assembly.


The BJP named Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana’s new chief minister on Tuesday, hours after the shock resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar from the publish alongside together with his cupboard ministers.


After taking oath within the night, Saini mentioned they’d introduced a letter of help of 48 MLAs to the governor and requested him to convene an meeting session on Wednesday for the BJP authorities to show its majority within the House.


The floor-test suggestion was made amid indicators that the BJP-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) alliance within the state might need ended, although there was no formal announcement but.

On Wednesday, the JJP issued a whip saying, “All JJP members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly are hereby informed that Confidence Motion in the council of ministers proposed by the government will be brought in the Haryana Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the 13, March, 2024.”

“All members of JJP in the Haryana Legislative Assembly are therefore requested to remain absent positively from the House at the time of voting on a confidence motion on Wednesday,” it acknowledged.


In the 90-member state meeting, the BJP has 41 members, and it additionally enjoys the help of six of the seven independents in addition to of lone Haryana Lokhit Party MLA Gopal Kanda. The JJP has 10 MLAs within the House. The predominant opposition Congress has 30 MLAs whereas the Indian National Lok Dal has one.


The BJP seems to be comfortably positioned in Haryana even with out the JJP help.

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First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 12:02 PM IST