Amid the political turmoil in Himachal Pradesh after cross-voting by six Congress MLAs during polling for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state on Tuesday, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday said all fellow party leaders were like his younger siblings, adding, significa
After 15 BJP MLAs were suspended from the Assembly by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania for allegedly creating a ruckus in the House, the Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Wednesday alleged that the move was part of a ploy to pass the budget and save the Congress government.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said on Wednesday that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister has filed a petition against the six Congress MLAs who cross voted in the Rajya Sabha polls, adding that the majority is still with the Congress Party.
Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh, who resigned as PWD minister in the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government on Wednesday, a day after the party lost the Rajya Sabha election, alleged that MLAs had been overlooked and attempts were made to stifle their voices
"The way they conspired to topple power in Himachal Pradesh with the CRPF, the Haryana Police, by sending helicopters has failed. The way they lured some MLAs by buying them has led to some MLAs siding with them. We've brought disqualification motion against them (Congress MLAs who voted
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
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
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.
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.
Following the cross-voting by nine MLAs in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, leading to the defeat of the Congress candidate, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the grand old party is battling with its 'inner differences' and that the party lost due to its 'inability' to kee
Around four MLAs, two each from the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), may join the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, said Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday while hinting at political upheaval in Bihar.