A gaggle of 11 MLAs from Himachal Pradesh arrived in BJP-governed (*6*) on Saturday amid the continuing unrest inside the Congress get together within the state, led by Chief Minister Sikhvinder Singh Sukhu. A bus bearing Haryana’s quantity plate reached Taj Hotel in Rishikesh as we speak, with the 11 MLAs, comprising six insurgent Congress members and three unbiased MLAs, had been seen coming into the lodge below excessive safety.Â
CM Sukhu spoke to the reporters in regards to the present scenario within the state of Himachal Pradesh, he mentioned, “Some MLAs are sad. They have been kept under CRPF security. Is this how democracy will remain strong? Horsetrading weakens the democracy.” He added that he discovered by way of social media that the insurgent MLAs had been taken away from the lodge in (*11*), and a constitution aircraft departed from Chandigarh airport. “I’m unsure about their vacation spot. The stress from their relations to return prompted this transfer,” said Sukhu.Â
After abstaining from voting on the funds and interesting in cross-voting throughout final month’s Rajya Sabha polls towards get together candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, six Congress members had been disqualified by Himachal Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania. Pathania defined that the six MLAs, contesting on the Congress image, violated anti-defection legal guidelines.Â
The Congress MLAs Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhutoo, Ravi Thakur, and Chetanya Sharma, together with three unbiased legislators—Hoshyar Singh, Okay L Thakur, and Ashish Sharma—voted for BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan within the Rajya Sabha polls.Â
Upon reaching Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun on Friday, the 11 MLAs then headed to the lodge in Rishikesh. This sequence of occasions occurred subsequent to Chief Minister Sukhu’s current journey to Delhi for discussions with the Congress management. During this go to, he introduced a report on the current political state of affairs within the state.Â
