Dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's claim that the BJP was offering Rs 50 crore each to ruling Congress MLAs to switch sides ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka on Saturday said his party has made no such approaches to the rival camp.
"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).
"In all four parliamentary constituencies, we received applications and all have been submitted to the Congress High Command. The names have been discussed in the screening committee meeting and very soon another meeting will be conducted in 10 to 12 days. The candidates will be finalized af
Abhishek Rana, son of disqualified Congress MLA Rajinder Rana, said he received threat calls on Tuesday evening, while his father's office also received a threat letter.
Sita Soren joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. After resigning from the membership of JMM, Sita Soren tendered her resignation from the membership of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. She was the general secretary of the JMM.
Earlier on March 14, the Speaker had issued notice to the nine BJP legislators under Rule 79 Rules of Business and Conduct of Business in Himachal Pradesh Assembly, for causing disruption in the House and obstructing proceedings of the House on February 28, under Article 194(3) of the Con
Himachal Pradesh Deputy Speaker Vinay Kumar has said the action against six Congress rebel MLAs, who were disqualified, had been taken as per rules and the assembly secretariat will reply to the notice issued following hearing in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the disqualification of Himachal Pradesh's six Congress rebel leaders, however, it issued notice to concerned respondents on their petition challenging the Assembly's Speaker decision.
A delegation of Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLAs met the Legislative Assembly Speaker at his residence and asked to disqualify Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender who won the elections on a BRS ticket and joined Congress party on Sunday
Amidst recent defections from the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Karan Mahara, the Uttarakhand Congress President, accused the BJP of using coercive tactics and offering personal incentives to lure leaders away.
Six disqualified Congress MLAs and three independent MLAs have said that they will file a defamation case against Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.