New Delhi: Congress on Friday introduced the names of three candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly by-election. The by-polls are scheduled to be held within the state on June 1 for the six vacant seats after the disqualification of the insurgent Congress MLAs.
According to the record, Capt Ranjit Singh Rana is ready to contest by-elections from Sujanpur Vidhan Sabha seat, Rakesh Kalia from Garget and Vivek Sharma from Kutlehar seat.
शीर्ष नेतृत्व द्वारा विधानसभा उप-चुनाव के लिए सुजानपुर से कैप्टन रणजीत सिंह राणा जी, गगरेट से राकेश कालिया जी तथा कुटलैहड़ से विवेक शर्मा जी को प्रत्याशी बनाए जाने की हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं।
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Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh Congress has filed a recent petition with Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania in search of motion underneath the anti-defection regulation towards the three Independent MLAs who had earlier resigned from the state meeting.
In the petition, Congress legislators Jagat Singh Negi and Harish Janartha argued that these MLAs joined the BJP even when their resignations had been pending with the speaker which attracts motion underneath the anti-defection regulation.
Meanwhile, the Shimla High Court on Thursday heard the case of the three Independent legislators in search of instructions to the speaker to simply accept the resignation instantly and adjourned the case until April 30.
The three MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma, and Okay L Thakur, who had voted in favour of the BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan in Rajya Sabha polls on February 27, had resigned from the meeting on March 22 and joined the BJP the subsequent day.
