Congress’ Rajya Sabha election nominee from Himachal Pradesh and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi right this moment (April 6) filed a petition in the Himachal Pradesh High Court, challenging the rule of declaring the victory of his rival candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by draw of tons.
He stated if two candidates get an equal variety of votes, then the method for drawing the lottery is flawed.
Singhvi advised the media in case of equal votes, declaring the candidate whose slip comes out because the loser is legally flawed. “There is no law that the person whose name is drawn in the draw of lots is a loser.”
“Generally, the one whose name comes out should win. Therefore, if this assumption is wrong then the election result is also wrong. There is no such rule in law, but a perception of the rule has been challenged in the court,” Singhvi clarified.
Justifying his self-appearance, Singhvi stated to file such a petition the petitioner has to return to the courtroom self is the rule.
BJP’s Harsh Mahajan, a Congress insurgent who was as soon as recognized for his proximity to the then Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, bought elected to the Rajya Sabha on February 27 by defeating Singhvi amid stories of cross-voting by at the very least six ruling occasion legislators.
Both the candidates secured 34 votes every in the 68-member House, together with three Independent legislators who’re believed to have voted in favour of the BJP. Mahajan was finally declared the winner by a draw of tons.
The BJP has received the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state after six Congress MLAs cross-voted in the polls.
Later the seats of six Congress legislators from Dharamsala, Lahaul-Spiti, Sujanpur, Barsar, Gagret and Kutlehar fell vacant after the occasion disqualified its sitting MLAs. They are Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhutoo, Ravi Thakur, and Chetanya Sharma.
Now, the by-elections to 6 Assembly seats will likely be held concurrently with the state’s 4 Lok Sabha seats on June 1.
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