Himachal Political Crisis : Himachal Assembly Speaker disqualifies membership of 6 rebel Congress MLAs

Himachal Pradesh Political Crisis : Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania disqualified membership of six rebel Congress MLAs on Thursday who cross voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. 

These members include: 
Sudhir Sharma
Rajinder Rana
Ravi Thakur
Davinder Kumar Bhutto
Chaitanya Sharma Gagret 
Inder Dutt Lakhanpal

During the Assembly Session, Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania says, "Six MLAs, who contested on Congress symbol, attracted provisions of anti-defection law against themselves...I declare that the six people cease to be members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly with immediate effect."

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania says, "Six MLAs, who contested on Congress symbol, attracted provisions of anti-defection law against themselves...I declare that the six people cease to be members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly with immediate effect." pic.twitter.com/lxWMKGUREw — ANI (@ANI) February 29, 2024

The petition was filed by Congress MLA and parliamentary affairs Minister Harsh Wardhan Chauhan under the anti-defection law for disqualification of the six MLAs.

After the 2022 Assembly elections, the Congress had 40 MLAs, while the BJP had 25 in the 68-member state assembly. The remaining three seats are held by independents.

With the six rebel MLAs disqualified the strength of the house comes down from 68 to 62 and the halfway mark is 32. With the loss of 6 MLAs the Congress now has 34 MLAs and the BJP with independents has 28. The fortunes of the Congress will now rest on its ability to keep the rest of its flock together.

(With inputs from agencies)

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