Meanwhile, a day after Haryana election results came out, three independent MLAs from Haryana, Devender Kadyan and Rajesh Joon, Savitri Jindal on Wednesday extended their support to the BJP.
In Jammu and Kashmir National Conference-Congress alliance secured an absolute majority in the Union Territory by winning 49 seats, with the former taking 42 and the latter 6 seats.
A day after Haryana election results came out, three independent MLAs from Haryana, Devender Kadyan and Rajesh Joon, Savitri Jindal on Wednesday extended their support to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP leader V Muraleedharan criticised the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for trying to silence Nilambur Independent MLA PV Anvar over the allegations raised by him.
The Shimla Police on Saturday questioned the former Independent MLA and BJP's candidate for Assembly by-elections in Hamirpur, Ashish Sharma, in an alleged horse-trading case during Rajya Sabha elections.
Pappu Yadav, the independent candidate who emerged victorious from Bihar's Purnia Lok Sabha seat, said on Saturday that while his ideology resonates with that of the Congress, he will be open to seeking help from PM-designate Narendra Modi for the development of the constituency.
Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and leader of the opposition in the state, Jairam Thakur hit out at Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania, saying he kept the resignation of three independent MLA's pending and accepted them with delay to save the Congress government in the state.
Independent MLA Ravi Rana on Monday claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray would join the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that he would be seen alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi within 20 days of the swearing-in ceremony of the NDA-led BJP government at the Centre.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while addressing an election rally in Devidehra of Dalhousie Assembly constituency in Chamba district, targeted the BJP and alleged that the saffron party did not give money to Himachal Pradesh during the time of the disaster, but spent crores of rupees
Amid the political crisis in Haryana after three Independent MLAs sided with the Congress, State Electricity Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala downplayed the situation, saying that political leaders usually change parties during elections.
Reacting to Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) supremo, Dushyant Chautala's demand for a floor test after the withdrawal of support by three independent MLAs to the BJP's Nayab Saini-led government, former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the opposition is making vague calcul