The Rajya Sabha polls for 15 seats across three states were marked by cross-voting, with the BJP winning 10 seats, the Congress three and the Samajwadi Party two seats
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has claimed that Congress government in the state has lost the majority in the assembly and that the party will decide its strategy during debate on the state budget in the assembly
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jairam Thakur on Tuesday claimed that the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government is in the minority in the state.
"As the dates for Rajya Sabha polls are released and BJP has also announced its candidates, Congress is doing things that normally should not be done. The whip is not issued in the Rajya Sabha, this is a clear point from the Election Commission," Thakur said speaking to ANI on Monday.
Taking a swipe at the Congress government, Himachal Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Jairam Thakur on Sunday said it was looking for 'excuses' after failing to implement its income support scheme for women -- 'Har Ghar Lakshmi, Nari Samman Nidhi'.
The Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Assembly, Jairam Thakur, on Saturday lashed out at Himachal government and said that it failed on every front and the state is running on the support of central schemes.
In his first response to the state budget presented by Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu on Saturday, the Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Assembly, Jairam Thakur, on Saturday said the former and his party are 'infamous' for making 'false guarantees'.
Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Jairam Thakur held a meeting with the protesting junior officer assistant (IT) candidates and assured them to take up their issue regarding the exam results in the assembly on Friday afternoon.
Targeting the Sukhvinder Sukhu-led Congress government in Himachal, former Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that the government has nothing to show for its one-year tenure.
The two-day-long annual planning meeting of the priority of the legislators begins in Shimla on Monday, ahead of the state budget which is scheduled for February 17.
Former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition, Jairam Thakur, attended the 'Kar Sevak Samman' ceremony and paid tributes to the saffron volunteers 'karsevaks' who lost their lives during the Ram Mandir movement while doing the 'Kar Seva'.
Former chief minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said that the guarantee of a 'Viksit Bharat' is Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is already moving ahead with the roadmap of 2047.