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.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that an FIR has been registered against those who used 'unfair means' during Rajya Sabha elections to destabilise the government.
The Shimla Police has registered a First Investigation Report (FIR) against an independent legislator and the father of one of the disqualified Congress rebel MLAs in Boileauganj police station, sources from the police said on Sunday.
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Himachal Pradesh, a total of eleven MLAs,including six rebel MLAs of Congress arrived at the Taj Hotel in Rishikesh on Saturday.
Amid reports that rebel Himachal Pradesh MLAs have landed at Dehradun and are on their way to a hotel in Rishikesh, Sukhu said while speaking to reporters on Friday at Palampur, "Some MLAs are sad. They have been kept under CRPF security. Is this how democracy will remain strong? Horsetra
The Public Works Department Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Vikramaditya Singh, said on Wednesday that he played the role of facilitator between the Congress High Command and disqualified party MLAs, adding that the decision now lies with the party's central leadership.
Amid the political crisis in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu exuded confidence on Friday that his government will run for 5 years.
"Vikramaditya Singh was in the cabinet meeting yesterday. I had a discussion with him. After the cabinet meeting, he went to Chandigarh and met other legislators at Lalit Hotel there. He has tried to influence the minds of other (rebel) MLAs. Some of them want to come back to the Congress,"
Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest against six rebel MLAs in Dharamshala. The party workers organised a programme to burn the effigies of all the rebel MLAs but the supporters of the rebel MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, came face-to-face with the protestors.
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
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