The Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday expelled 15 BJP MLAs over slogan-shouting and alleged misconduct. The Speaker\u2019s decision followed just as the Budget session of the assembly was about to begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reportedly, the expelled BJP MLAs are Jairam Thakur, Vipin Singh Parmar, Randheer Sharma, Lokender Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Hans Raj, Janak Raj, Balbir Verma, Trilok Jamwal, Surender Shori, Deep Raj, Puran Thakur, Inder Singh Gandhi, Dileep Thakur, and Inder Singh Gandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes amid a crisis in the ruling Congress with the opposition BJP demanding a test of strength after winning the state\u2019s lone Rajya sabha seat due to cross-voting by Congress MLAs. Notably, six Congress MLAs cross-voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Jairam Thakur raised concerns they would be expelled. Speaking to the media, he said that they are apprehensive that Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania might suspend the BJP MLAs so that the budget can be passed in the Vidhan Sabha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday, the BJP won the only Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh with its candidate Harsh Mahajan defeating Congress’s Abhishek Manu Singhvi due to cross-voting by six MLAs of the ruling Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thakur asserted that the Rajya Sabha election made it clear the Congress government was in a minority, and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Furthermore, the decision of Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh to resign also brought to the fore cracks in the party, which is now scrambling to keep its flock intact to avert the fall of its government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh BJP has already sought the intervention of Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to take the crisis in the state’s ruling party to a conclusive end. Notably, the Congress has 40 MLAs and the BJP 25 in the 68-member assembly. The remaining three seats are held by independents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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