The Shimla police had registered an FIR on the complaint of Congress legislators Bhuvnashwar Gaur and Sanjay Awasthi against Ashish Sharma Independent MLA and Rakesh Sharma, father of rebel Congress leader and disqualified legislator Chaitnya Sharma.
Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, citing Supreme Court verdicts, has written to the Speaker of the HP Assembly, urging the acceptance of the resignations of three Independent Legislators, Hoshiyar Singh, KL Thakur and Ashish Sharma.
In mounting troubles for the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, six party rebels and three independent MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.
Three independent MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who voted in favour of a BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections last month joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the national capital on Saturday.
"We have received their resignations but we are examining the rules and constitutional provisions for this, so far we have not accepted their resignations," Pathania said, speaking about the resignations of the three Independent MLAs on Friday.
The MLAs include KL Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur seat. There are reports that these MLAS will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Six disqualified Congress MLAs and three independent MLAs have said that they will file a defamation case against Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
In a turn of events, ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections, Independent MLA Chandrabhan Singh held a late night meeting with Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma at his residence in Jaipur.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, as cracks have appeared in the ruling coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in Haryana, state Independent MLA Nayan Pal Rawat on Tuesday extended his support to state Chief Minister Manohar Lal-led government for Lok Sa
The Congress leaders who joined the saffron party include former ministers Rajendra Yadav, Lal Chand Kataria, former Congress MLAs Richpal Mirdha, Vijaypal Mirdha, Khiladi Bairwa, former independent MLA Alok Beniwal, former state spokesperson of Congress Rajasthan Suresh Chaudhary, Rampal