Six former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, who were disqualified as Congress legislators for cross voting within the Rajya Sabha elections earlier this yr, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (March 23) amid the persevering with political disaster within the state.
They joined the BJP within the presence of Union Minister Anurag Thakur, former Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and its state unit president Rajeev Bindal.
Welcoming the former lawmakers into the celebration, Thakur stated their presence will strengthen the BJP additional as he accused the Congress authorities within the state of failing to fulfil its guarantees, resulting in all-round anger amongst folks.
Thakur stated these leaders supported the BJP within the latest Rajya Sabha election, reflecting “public anger” in opposition to the Congress.
After becoming a member of BJP, insurgent Himachal MLA Ravi Thakur stated, “90 per cent of the total budget of Himachal Pradesh comes from the centre. This is why I voted for Harsh Mahajan, keeping my constituency Lahaul-Spiti in mind… It was unfortunate that the speaker of the assembly suspended us without any reason… When we came to Delhi to fight our case in the SC, Harsh Mahajan provided us with a lawyer but Abhishek Manu Singhvi came to fight the case with 21 lawyers…”
(With inputs from businesses)
