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Shimla:Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania has disqualified six Congress MLAs on a petition filed by the ruling side...
The six MLAs Sudhir Sharma, Rajinder Rana, I.D. Lakhanpal, Ravi Thakur, Chaitanya Sharma and Davinder Bhutto were absent Tuesday during the vote on cut motion as well as Wednesday while passing the budget. Congress, in its petition argued that they violated the whip issued by the party and called for their disqualification under the Anti-Defection Law...
Speaking to the press Thursday, Pathania said, The six MLAs, who were elected on a Congress ticket, attracted provisions of the anti-defection law against them..
However, senior advocate and BJP leader Satya Pal Jain who represented the six MLAs said they were not given adequate time to file a reply.Speaker had reserved the order Wednesday...
After Pathania Wednesday expelled 15 BJP MLAs, including Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, on a resolution moved by the ruling side, the way to pass the budget was automatically cleared...
