Shivakumar in a post on X on Wednesday, expressed his confidence that Congress rebel MLAs will stay 'loyal' to the party and stay put with the mandate that has been accorded to them
Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar criticised the strategy of the Congress Party on Wednesday after the party lost the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal Pradesh despite a majority in the state assembly and said that the Congress needed deep introspection about it's political plight.
The fifth and final Test of the Test series against India will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala from March 7 onwards. England is down 1-3 in the series.
As the political crisis unfolds for the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka Dy CM and Congress observer for Himachal Pradesh, DK Shivakumar, is likely to go to Himachal Pradesh after the party's direction for crisis management.
All six of the rebel MLAs were staying at a hotel in Haryana since Tuesday left for Shimla for the Budget Session of the state assembly on Wednesday morning and were landed in Shimla by chopper.
BJP MLAs who were suspended are former CM of the state and current leader of opposition in the assembly Jai Ram Thakur, Vipin Singh Parmar, Randheer Sharma, Lokinder Kumar, Vinod Kumar, HqnsRaj, Janak Raj, Balbir Verma, Trilok Jamwal, Surender Shori, Deep Raj, Puran Thakur, Inder Singh Ga
Mahajan, while speaking to ANI on Wednesday said that several Congress legislatures are in touch with the BJP and the state is going to witness a change in the government.
The meeting comes a day after the ruling Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost the Rajya Sabha election to the BJP's Harsh Mahajan despite the Congress enjoying a comfortable majority in the state assembly.
Jairam Thakur who reached Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla this morning said that his party has apprised the Governor of incidents taken place recently in the Assembly.
Hours after six Congress MLAs voted in favour of the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, the party's top leadership deployed senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and DK Shivakumar to take stock of the state crisis, said sources.