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"On one hand BJP claims to win 400 seats but on other....": Danish Ali on
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Danish Ali also mentioned that these types of things are not good for Democracy and the country's politics.
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"Decision to be taken by Speaker": Parliamentary Affairs Minister on petit
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Congress faced a fresh political crisis in Himachal Pradesh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan said on Wednesday that they have filed a petition against the six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha election, and the decision regarding the same will be
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Vikramaditya Singh agrees not to press for resignation as Congress governm
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The beleaguered Congress government in Himachal Pradesh got a bit of reprieve on Wednesday after former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh, who had tendered his resignation as minister, agreed not to press its acceptance following intervention of party observers sent
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"We believe in forgiveness, not revenge": CM Sukhu takes conciliatory tone
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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
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"Attempt from some quarters to humiliate me... MLAs were overlooked": Vikr
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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
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Congress needs deep introspection about it's political plight: Ashwani Kum
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar criticised the strategy of the Congress Party on Wednesday after the party lost the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal Pradesh despite a majority in the state assembly and said that the Congress needed deep introspection about it's political plight.
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Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh steps down
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Vikramaditya Singh announced his decision at a press conference held following the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha election result declared on Tuesday.
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With victory on 30 more Rajya Sabha seats, NDA just four short of Upper Ho
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The numbers would take the party's tally in Rajya Sabha to 97 and that of BJP-led NDA to 117, just four short of the majority mark of 121 in the 240-member House once all 56 members are sworn in
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Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar slams Congress over alleged 'Pro-Pakistan'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Wednesday hit out at the Congress party over pro-pak slogans raised by the supporters of elected Rajya Sabha MP Nasser Hussein.
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Himachal Pradesh: Congress rebel MLAs head to Shimla from Haryana
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Himachal BJP meets Governor, Jairam Thakur says CM Sukhu has lost right to
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Jairam Thakur who reached Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla this morning said that his party has apprised the Governor of incidents taken place recently in the Assembly.
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Congress appoints Bhupinder Hooda, DK Shivakumar as observers for Himachal
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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