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Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur. (File photograph by way of News18)
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
Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday stated Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu mustn’t make false and malicious allegations towards the six get together leaders who 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 get together 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 have 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 in search of 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 Courtroom difficult the interpretation of the draw of tons rule, Thakur stated he has the suitable 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 towards 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 arduous work and sacrifices of get together leaders that BJP has turn out to be the most important get together and the individuals place confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ensures, Thakur stated. Three impartial 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, have been expelled to save lots of the federal government. Thakur stated that in addition to 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 get together throughout the state. Media in-charge of the BJP’s state unit, Karan Nanda, spoke on the journey of the get together, 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.
