Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday, speaking to ANI, claimed that the BJP offered 50 Congress MLAs Rs 50 crores each to destabilize the government.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed that the BJP offered Rs 50 crores each to 50 Congress MLAs to destabilise the Karnataka government during the alleged 'poaching' attempts, dubbed as 'Operation Kamala'.
After the meeting, CM Yadav told ANI, "Today, the Leader of Opposition of Madhya Pradesh and the Congress MLAs reached the CM's office. We discussed various issues of the state. A positive opposition is very important for the development of the state. Various works done by the state governme
This amendment has significant consequences for six Congress MLAs who were disqualified on February 28 for violating the party whip in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The issue was raised as an adjournment motion notice moved by several Congress MLAs including M Vincent. The Chief Minister rejected the motion of the opposition to adjourn the House.
On February 29, the Speaker disqualified the six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. The six MLAs who had been disqualified were Sudhir Sharma, Rajinder Rana, Davinder K Bhutto, Ravi Thakur, Chaitanya Sharma and Inder Dutt Lakhanpal under the anti-defection law.
Meanwhile, along with Lovely, former Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya and former Youth Congress President Amit Mallik also joined the BJP.
Imarti Devi was among the Congress MLAs who had joined the BJP along with Jyotiraditya Scindia in March 2020, triggering the collapse of the then Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh.
Along with Lovely, former Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya and former Youth Congress President Amit Mallik also joined the BJP.
Former Congress MLAs, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya, who resigned from the party over the alliance with Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, asked why it entered into alliance with a party that strongly criticized Congress' government, adding that the party workers are not able to work with them.