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Vikramaditya Singh's has left the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on the brink with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government in the House.
In a shock result, the BJP emerged victorious on Tuesday in the election for the single vacant Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, where the Congress is in power, with 40 MLAs in the 68-member Assembly. While the defeat is embarrassing for the Congress, which was expecting its nominee, senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, to sail through, now there is a possibility of its government collapsing, should it fail to pass the Budget in the ongoing Session.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on 28 February suspended 15 BJP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur for allegedly shouting slogans and misconduct in the Chamber of Speaker
In a major setback to the Congress party, Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday resigned from his post. The announcement has made the cracks apparent in the ruling Congress party which lost its sole Rajya Sabha seat to the BJP on Tuesday.
The ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhusuffered a major setback Tuesday, when party candidate and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Abhishek Singhvi was defeated in the Rajya Sabha election after six party MLAs cross-voted for the Opposition BJP’s candidate Harsh Mahajan. The BJP went on to claim that the Congress government has lost its majority and demanded the resignation of Sukhu.
Former HImachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader on Wednesday reached Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla a day after the party won the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state. Members of the BJP Legislative Party also met the Governor on Wednesday.
High drama unfolded in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday as the BJP pulled off an upset by defeating the Congress’s Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections because of cross-voting by six of the party’s MLAs. While the BJP called on the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government to step down, saying it had “lost the mandate and trust”, the CM dismissed the claim.
Elections to 15 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Himachal Pradesh were held on 27 February. In Karnataka Congress won three out of four seats while Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won 8 out of 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh.