New Delhi: Congress on Friday introduced the names of three candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Meeting 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.
Based on 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.
Hearty congratulations and greatest needs to the highest management for making Captain Ranjit Singh Rana ji from Sujanpur, Rakesh Kalia ji from Gagret and Vivek Sharma ji from Kutlahar as candidates for the meeting by-election.
The general public has utterly made up its thoughts to defeat cash energy.
This election was held within the spirit of serving the general public… pic.twitter.com/kXf4Gnjf1H
— Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (@SukhSukhvinder) April 26, 2024
In the meantime, the Himachal Pradesh Congress has filed a contemporary petition with Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania in search of motion below the anti-defection regulation in opposition to the three Unbiased MLAs who had earlier resigned from the state meeting.
Within 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 below the anti-defection regulation.
In the meantime, the Shimla Excessive Court docket on Thursday heard the case of the three Unbiased legislators in search of instructions to the speaker to just accept the resignation instantly and adjourned the case until April 30.
The three MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma, and KL Thakur, who had voted in favor 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 following day.
