Bilaspur/Shimla, Apr 6 (PTI) Former Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday stated Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu mustn’t make “false and malicious allegations” in opposition to the six social gathering leaders who just lately switched from the Congress.
Thakur, who’s the Chief of the Opposition within the state meeting, stated Sukhu ought to “keep the dignity of his workplace” and chorus from “inappropriate” feedback.
Six Congress rebels voted for the BJP’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls. After being disqualified for defying a Congress social gathering whip, the rebels joined the BJP, which gave them bypoll tickets from the identical meeting constituencies.
The chief minister has attacked the six leaders, saying they had been “bought” for Rs 15 crore every. He additionally hit out at Thakur saying the BJP has grabbed energy utilizing cash earlier than however he wouldn’t let that occur in Himachal Pradesh.
Thakur, addressing media individuals on Saturday, stated some rebels have despatched authorized notices for defamation to Sukhu whereas others are looking for a authorized opinion, which might add to his issues.
Former Congress MLA Sudhir Sharma, one of many rebels, and now a BJP candidate from Dharashala meeting bypoll, has despatched a defamation discover to Sukhu asking for a Rs 5-crore compensation for his remarks.
Referring to an software filed by Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi within the Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket difficult the interpretation of the draw of tons rule, Thakur stated he has the best to place forth his objection.
Singhvi was the Congress candidate who misplaced the Rajya Sabha polls to BJP’s Harsh Mahajan. The choice was made after a draw of tons when there was a tie within the ballot.
Thakur stated regardless of the BJP having 25 MLAs within the 68-member meeting in opposition to 40 MLAs of the Congress, each the candidates polled 34 votes every and the BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan was declared winner by the draw of tons and has already taken oath as member of Rajya Sabha.
It was the results of exhausting work and sacrifices of social gathering leaders that BJP has grow to be the biggest social gathering and the folks think about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ensures, Thakur stated. Three unbiased MLAs additionally backed the BJP candidate.
Asserting that the Sukhu authorities has misplaced majority, he stated that Congress rebels, who at the moment are BJP leaders, had been expelled to save lots of the federal government.
Thakur stated that moreover the six rebels, many extra MLAs are fed up with the Congress and “feeling suffocated” and the chief minister’s outbursts present “his frustration and insecurity”.
In the meantime the BJP on Saturday celebrated the forty fifth Basis Day of the social gathering throughout the state.
Media in-charge of the BJP’s state unit, Karan Nanda, spoke on the journey of the social gathering, which rose from simply two seats in Lok Sabha in 1984 to 303 seats in 2019.
The BJP is heading in direction of a landslide victory within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, breaching the 370-seat mark, he added. PTI COR BPL SKY SKY
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