Himachal assembly Speaker accepts resignations of three Independent MLAs who voted for BJP in RS polls
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal assembly Speaker accepts resignations of three Independent MLAs who voted for BJP in RS polls

The Hindu  

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on June 3 accepted the resignations of three Independent MLAs who had voted in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls. "Resignations have been accepted and these three MLAs cease to be members of the 14th Vidhan Sabha with immediate effect," Mr. Pathania told reporters here. Independent MLAs Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and K. L. Thakur had voted in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan in the February 27 Rajya Sabha elections along with six Congress rebels. On cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections | Explained With the Speaker accepting the resignations of the three Independent MLAs, the strength has come down further to 59.

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BJP Announces 3 Candidates For Maharashtra Legislative Council By-Elections
1 week, 1 day ago

BJP Announces 3 Candidates For Maharashtra Legislative Council By-Elections

ABP News  

Mumbai, Mar 16 The BJP on Sunday announced the names of three candidates, including a close aide of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and a former MLA, for the March 27 by-elections to five seats in the state legislative council. The BJP on Sunday announced the names of Sandip Diwakarrao Joshi, former mayor of Nagpur and a close aide of …

Six-time MLA Mohan Singh Bisht all set to be elected as Delhi’s Deputy Speaker today
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Six-time MLA Mohan Singh Bisht all set to be elected as Delhi’s Deputy Speaker today

The Hindu  

Six-time MLA Mohan Singh Bisht, whom the Bharatiya Janata Party has nominated for the Deputy Speaker’s post, is all set to be elected to the chair on Thursday. During the course of the Assembly session, which has been extended till March 3, the Speaker is likely to table another CAG report, which pertains to the renovation of the 6, Flagstaff …

7 BJP MLAs Inducted In Nitish Cabinet Months Ahead Of Assembly Polls In Bihar
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

7 BJP MLAs Inducted In Nitish Cabinet Months Ahead Of Assembly Polls In Bihar

ABP News  

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar cabinet underwent an expansion on Wednesday ahead of assembly polls in the state slated to be held later this year. Sanjay Saraogi, Sunil Singh, Jivesh Mishra, Raju Singh, Motilal Prasad, Krishna Kumar Mantoo, and Vijay Kumar Mandal - all from the saffron party camp took the oath as ministers. Constitutionally, the Bihar cabinet can have 36 …

BJP MLAs get key committee posts, allies Shiv Sena and NCP left waiting
3 weeks, 5 days ago

BJP MLAs get key committee posts, allies Shiv Sena and NCP left waiting

India Today  

Maharashtra's Legislative Committee divisions were announced on Tuesday, with 11 BJP MLAs appointed to various committees. MLAs have been appointed to these committees under the leadership of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Cabinet Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, BJP state working president Ravindra Chavan, and MLA Randhir Savarkar. The 11 BJP MLAs appointed to committees include: Public Enterprises Committee: Rahul Kul Panchayati Raj …

Vijender Gupta to be Delhi Assembly Speaker, Mohan Singh Bisht likely to be Deputy
1 month ago

Vijender Gupta to be Delhi Assembly Speaker, Mohan Singh Bisht likely to be Deputy

India TV News  

Vijender Gupta to be Delhi Assembly Speaker, Mohan Singh Bisht likely to be Deputy BJP MLA Vijender Gupta who won from the Rohini constituency received 70,365 votes in the Delhi Assembly elections, while Mohan Singh Bisht emerged victorious in Muslim-dominated Mustafabad. The new Delhi government will see the appointment of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta as the Delhi Assembly …

AAP’s Loss Becomes BJP’s Gain — 8 Outgoing MLAs Defect Just 4 Days Before Delhi Polls
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

AAP’s Loss Becomes BJP’s Gain — 8 Outgoing MLAs Defect Just 4 Days Before Delhi Polls

ABP News  

Eight outgoing AAP MLAs on Saturday joined the BJP, with just four days to go for the Delhi Assembly polls on February 5. The eight MLAs who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party are Vandana Gaur, Girish Soni, Rohit Mehraulia, Madan Lal, B S Joon, Rajesh Rishi, Naresh Yadav, and Pawan Sharma. Naresh Yadav accused Kejriwal's party of corruption, while Rohit …

Denied election tickets, all 8 MLAs who left AAP join BJP four days before voting
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Denied election tickets, all 8 MLAs who left AAP join BJP four days before voting

Live Mint  

Eight Aam Aadmi Party sitting MLAs, who resigned from the party after being denied tickets to contest the Delhi election 2025, have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. All the eight MLAs who resigned from the primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday cited reasons such as alleged corruption and the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's deviation from its ideology. The …

8 AAP MLAs join BJP ahead of Delhi assembly election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

8 AAP MLAs join BJP ahead of Delhi assembly election

Hindustan Times  

With just four days left for the February 5 Delhi assembly polls, eight outgoing Aam Aadmi Party MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday. Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah with party MP Bansuri Swaraj during a roadshow in support of party candidate Neeraj Basoya ahead of Delhi assembly election in New Delhi on Tuesday. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} …

8 MLAs join BJP day after quitting AAP ahead of Delhi elections
1 month, 3 weeks ago

8 MLAs join BJP day after quitting AAP ahead of Delhi elections

India Today  

In a massive jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party, eight MLAs who had resigned from the party joined the BJP on Saturday, just a few days ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. The former AAP leaders joined the BJP in the presence of the party's national vice-president Baijayant Panda and the Delhi unit chief Virendraa Sachdeva. Palam MLA Bhawna Gaur, …

Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls
3 months ago

Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls

The Hindu  

The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted through voice vote a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections. Soon after the House met following an initial adjournment in the morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move a motion to nominate …

Sena MLAs scramble for ministerial berths, chairpersonships
3 months, 1 week ago

Sena MLAs scramble for ministerial berths, chairpersonships

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: An intense race is on in the Shiv Sena for ministerial berths, on account of which the party is now toying with the idea of having two-and-a-half-year terms for ministers and chairpersons of various corporations. Sena MLAs scramble for ministerial berths, chairpersonships When Shinde left the Shiv Sena in 2022, he had 40 MLAs and 10 independents with him. …

Madhya Pradesh HC issues notices to Speaker on Congress MLA joining BJP
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh HC issues notices to Speaker on Congress MLA joining BJP

The Hindu  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices to State Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar and Congress MLA Nirmala Sapre, who joined the BJP earlier this year, in connection with the delay in decision on the latter’s legislative membership. The Congress had in July requested Mr. Tomar to disqualify Ms. Sapre under the anti-defection law but moved the High …

Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis wins trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis wins trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs

India TV News  

Maharashtra Assembly session: The Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra won the trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs. Rahul Narvekar elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Earlier in the day, BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. Notably, in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections, the Mahayuti coalition …

Rahul Narvekar, BJP MLA, elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for second term
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Narvekar, BJP MLA, elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for second term

India TV News  

BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. During his tenure as Maharashtra assembly speaker, Narwekar had ruled that the party led by Eknath Shinde was the legitimate and “real Shiv Sena” after a split in the Bal Thackeray-founded party. Maharashtra Assembly election results Notably, in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly …

11 MLAs from Shinde Sena to take oath as cabinet ministers: Sources
3 months, 2 weeks ago

11 MLAs from Shinde Sena to take oath as cabinet ministers: Sources

India Today  

At least 11 MLAs from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena faction are expected to take the oath as ministers soon, according to sources. The list includes six former ministers from the previous government - Gulabrao Patil, Uday Samant, Dada Bhuse, Shambhuraj Desai, Tanaji Sawant, and Deepak Kesarkar - who are likely to make a comeback. BJP'S RAHUL …

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr
4 months ago

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s offer of Rs 50 crore each for Congress party MLAs did not work and the offer has now been revised to Rs 100 crore to switch their loyalties, alleged Mandya MLA Ravikumar Gowda of the Congress party. Talking to reporters in Mandya on Monday, the MLA alleged BJP now joined Janata Dal Secular, its ally, …

Himachal HC nullifies appointment of six Cong MLAs as CPSes
4 months, 1 week ago

Himachal HC nullifies appointment of six Cong MLAs as CPSes

Hindustan Times  

The Himachal Pradesh high court on Wednesday termed the appointment of six Congress MLAs as chief parliamentary secretaries by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu “void ab-initio”. The Himachal Pradesh high court on Wednesday termed the appointment of six Congress MLAs as chief parliamentary secretaries by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu void. “Accordingly, protection granted to such appointment to the office …

Rajasthan’s seven Assembly bypolls present a test of credibility for veteran leaders
4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan’s seven Assembly bypolls present a test of credibility for veteran leaders

The Hindu  

The byelections to seven Assembly seats in Rajasthan, being held on Wednesday, have presented a test of credibility for veteran leaders of both the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress. Five of the seven seats fell vacant following the election of sitting MLAs, all of whom were from Congress and its allies in the INDIA bloc, as Lok Sabha Members. …

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election: Focus on OBC, Maratha, and Adivasi Communities
5 months ago

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election: Focus on OBC, Maratha, and Adivasi Communities

The Hindu  

The BJP has announced 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, with 71 sitting MLAs, including Devendra Fadnavis, contesting from Nagpur. The list also includes 13 women, including Sreejaya Ashokrao Chavan, making her electoral debut. Missing names include prominent figures like Ram Satpute and the only Lok Sabha candidate from western Maharashtra, Praniti Shinde.

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election
5 months ago

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election

New Indian Express  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. The list includes 71 sitting MLAs, 13 women candidates, and the kin of some regional satraps including Congress-turned-BJP politician Ashok Chavan's daughter. The saffron party has retained 71 MLAs and dropped three.

Haryana Polls: BJP Can Drop A Dozen MLAs For Assembly Election, Over 20 Young Faces Likely To Be Inducted
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana Polls: BJP Can Drop A Dozen MLAs For Assembly Election, Over 20 Young Faces Likely To Be Inducted

ABP News  

Haryana Assembly Polls: The core commitee of Bharatiya Janata Party's Haryana unit conducted a meeting on Thursday ahead of the party's central election committee meeting set to be held in the evening. Earlier today, senior BJP leaders, including Union minister Amit Shah, met at party national president JP Nadda's residence to discuss the names of probable candidates for the upcoming …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
7 months ago

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, is set to get elected unopposed as no other party has fielded a candidate. Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. When contacted, Saket Kumar, the managing director …

​Restoring a verdict: The Hindu Editorial on the Assembly by-poll results
8 months, 1 week ago

​Restoring a verdict: The Hindu Editorial on the Assembly by-poll results

The Hindu  

INDIA bloc parties won 10 of the 13 Assembly seats across seven States where by-polls were held on July 10 and the results were announced on July 13. Of particular note is Himachal Pradesh where the Congress won two of the three Assembly seats which fell vacant after three independent legislators joined the BJP after resigning their seats. The government …

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election
8 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election

Op India  

The results of the Maharashtra biennial legislative council elections have once again turned the tables, with the National Democratic Alliance-led Mahayuti alliance winning all nine of the 11 seats it contested following the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance’s exceptional performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers’ Party who was supported by the Nationalist Congress …

26 MLAs in touch with BJP: Bandi Sanjay
8 months, 2 weeks ago

26 MLAs in touch with BJP: Bandi Sanjay

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Twentysix MLAs were are in touch with the BJP, but the saffron party would never allow them to join without resigning from the Assembly first, unlike the BRS and the Congress, Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay said. Speaking about the meeting of the Telugu Chief Ministers, Sanjay alleged that former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had …

Not asked for division of votes as a constructive step, Jairam Ramesh on Lok Sabha Speaker election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Not asked for division of votes as a constructive step, Jairam Ramesh on Lok Sabha Speaker election

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: After Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh clarified that the opposition has not asked for division of votes as a constructive step from their end. Traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker are elected through consensus between the ruling party and the Opposition. The contest …

Lok Sabha Speaker election: What Rahul Gandhi said on supporting NDA candidate
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Speaker election: What Rahul Gandhi said on supporting NDA candidate

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Opposition's INDIA bloc will support the BJP-led NDA government's choice of Lok Sabha Speaker if they give the deputy Speaker's post to the INDIA bloc. Follow Lok Sabha proceeding live coverage Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi informed that defence minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh spoke to …

Congress’ MLA count reaches 70 in Assembly, eyes two-thirds majority
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’ MLA count reaches 70 in Assembly, eyes two-thirds majority

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress’ strength in the Legislative Assembly has increased to 70 with the joining of five BRS MLAs so far. Another 15 BRS MLAs, mostly from Greater Hyderabad limits, are expected to join the Congress before the commencement of the monsoon session of Assembly in July. Another option is recognising the defected BRS MLAs as a separate group in …

MP-elect Bidhuri gives up Delhi Assembly seat
9 months ago

MP-elect Bidhuri gives up Delhi Assembly seat

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Tuesday resigned from the membership of the Assembly in the wake of his election from the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat. Bidhuri submitted his resignation letters of MLA from Badarpur and Leader of Opposition to Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. According to the rules, one must …

Half of Shiv Sena, NCP rebel MLAs trailing in assembly segments
9 months ago

Half of Shiv Sena, NCP rebel MLAs trailing in assembly segments

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Despite exuding confidence of bouncing back after its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the Assembly segment-wise results released by the election commission this week do not make for good reading for the ruling Mahayuti alliance. Among the key Mahayuti leaders who were trailing in their constituencies are state cabinet ministers Sudhir Mungantiwar, Atul Save, and Suresh …

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal
9 months, 1 week ago

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal

Hindustan Times  

Vidhan Sabha speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday administered the oath of office to the six newly elected MLAs--four from the Congress and two from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri, leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, ministers and members of the Vidhan Sabha attended the …

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal Pradesh
9 months, 1 week ago

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

Six newly elected legislators on June 12 took oath as members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. Sudhir Sharma, former minister and BJP MLA from Dharamshala, was the first to take oath, followed by Congress MLA Anuradha Rana from Lahaul and Spiti. The others who took oath are Congress MLA from Sujanpur, Captain Ranjit Singh, BJP MLA from Barsar, Inder Dutt …

People of Himachal rejected 'politics of horse-trading': CM Sukhu after new Congress MLAs take oath
9 months, 1 week ago

People of Himachal rejected 'politics of horse-trading': CM Sukhu after new Congress MLAs take oath

New Indian Express  

SHIMLA: Six MLAs, who have been elected in the bypolls to the Himachal Pradesh assembly, took oath on Wednesday. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, cabinet ministers and MLAs were also present on the occasion. Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania administered the oath to Sudhir Sharma, …

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha
9 months, 1 week ago

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Success in the Lok Sabha has imperiled the Opposition’s equation in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress narrowly saving the post of Leader of the Opposition after two of its members K.C. A total of 10 vacancies, two each from Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tripura have arisen following victory of Rajya …

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10
9 months, 1 week ago

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission on Monday announced byelections in the three assembly constituencies of Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10, the result of which will be out on July 13. The byelections were necessitated following the resignation of the three Independent MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and KL Thakur. Though the three MLAs resigned from the assembly on March 22, …

Bihar: After LS polls, 5 MLA seats, one MLC, two RS seats up for grabs
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar: After LS polls, 5 MLA seats, one MLC, two RS seats up for grabs

Hindustan Times  

Parliamentary elections are over, but heightened political activity is set to continue in Bihar, where five assembly seats, two Rajya Sabha seats and one legislative council seat will be up for grabs in bypolls to be held within six months since seven of the incumbents have got elected as MPs of the Lok Sabha. Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, …

With 5 bypolls, Punjab heads into another electoral battle
9 months, 2 weeks ago

With 5 bypolls, Punjab heads into another electoral battle

Hindustan Times  

With four sitting MLAs, including a cabinet minister, winning the Lok Sabha elections, Punjab will see bypolls to five assembly constituencies. The MLAs, who emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha election results declared on Tuesday, include cabinet minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal. On Monday, Punjab assembly speaker Kultar …

In Himachal Pradesh, BJP has a daunting task at hand as Assembly bypolls go along with Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 3 weeks ago

In Himachal Pradesh, BJP has a daunting task at hand as Assembly bypolls go along with Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

With Himachal Pradesh gearing up for the 2024 Parliamentary election, the stakes for Bharatiya Janta Party, which swept all four Lok Sabha seats in the State twice – in 2014 and 2019 - are even bigger as the task appears daunting amidst simultaneous byelections for six Assembly seats in the hill State. The Congress campaign is led by Chief Minister …

Himachal Pradesh elections | Congress raises pitch as CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu targets BJP over ‘regional bias’
10 months, 1 week ago

Himachal Pradesh elections | Congress raises pitch as CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu targets BJP over ‘regional bias’

The Hindu  

With the Parliamentary election and six byelections coming up in the month of June, the ruling Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has sharpened its attack on the Bharatiya Janta Party, as both parties engage in a direct electoral battle in the hill State. Hitting out at the BJP, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on May 10 accused the former Chief …

Haryana government calls Cabinet meet as Congress writes to Governor
10 months, 1 week ago

Haryana government calls Cabinet meet as Congress writes to Governor

The Hindu  

The Haryana Cabinet has been summoned for a meeting on May 15, amidst political turmoil triggered by three Independent MLAs withdrawing their support to the State’s Bharatiya Janata Party government. OPINION | Inevitable collapse: On the BJP-JJP coalition in Haryana However, at least three disgruntled MLAs of the Jannayak Janta Party, a former partner in the ruling coalition led by …

Ecostani | Why the Congress may not go for the kill in Haryana
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ecostani | Why the Congress may not go for the kill in Haryana

Hindustan Times  

The Congress and the Jannayak Janata Party on Thursday asked Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya for a floor test in the state assembly after three independent MLAs withdrew support to the Nayab Singh Saini-led Bharatiya Janta Party government. The JJP, which has 10 MLAs in the 90 member-Haryana assembly, has also announced support to the Congress, if it stakes claim to …

Himachal news: High Court refers 3 Independent MLAs’ resignation case to third judge
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal news: High Court refers 3 Independent MLAs’ resignation case to third judge

Live Mint  

A two-member bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday referred to a third judge the case of three Independent MLAs who want the assembly Speaker to accept their resignations. But the division bench comprising Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua offered differing views on whether the court can issue directions to the Speaker …

After three independent MLAs withdraw support, former CM Manohar Lal Khattar says ‘Lotus will bloom in Haryana’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

After three independent MLAs withdraw support, former CM Manohar Lal Khattar says ‘Lotus will bloom in Haryana’

The Hindu  

Manohar Lal Khattar, former Haryana Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Karnal on May 8 said that the party will win all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the State and the lotus will bloom. They are scared that if the government will be stronger, it will tighten the noose on corrupt people.” On three independent Haryana MLAs withdrawing support …

Haryana political crisis: ‘BJP will win all ten Lok Sabha seats,’ says former CM Manohar Lal Khattar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana political crisis: ‘BJP will win all ten Lok Sabha seats,’ says former CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Live Mint  

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana got a jolt after three independent legislators withdrew their support, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini dispensation to a minority in the assembly. Meanwhile, former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has exuded confidence that BJP will again win all 10 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 polls. …

BJP govt in Haryana may need JJP to abstain in case of trust vote
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP govt in Haryana may need JJP to abstain in case of trust vote

Hindustan Times  

With three Independent MLAs backing the minority BJP government in Haryana withdrawing their support to the ruling party, the BJP may need its former alliance partner, the Jannayak Janta Party to abstain from voting in the state assembly if the opposition seeks to move a motion of no confidence in the state assembly. The Leader of Opposition in the state …

Himachal assembly bypolls: Setback for three Independents as nomination process commences
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal assembly bypolls: Setback for three Independents as nomination process commences

Hindustan Times  

With the Election Commission on Tuesday issuing notification for nominations for elections to the four Lok Sabha and six assembly segments where bypolls are scheduled, the three Independent legislators who resigned from the Vidhan Sabha suffered a setback as they were hopeful of elections for the seats to be held simultaneously. The three Independents — Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra, Ashish …

Haryana: Resignation of Independent MLA who joined BJP accepted after a month
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana: Resignation of Independent MLA who joined BJP accepted after a month

Hindustan Times  

More than a month after Independent MLA from Rania, Ranjit Singh tendered his resignation from the state assembly after joining the BJP on March 24, the assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Tuesday accepted the resignation. Singh, who is now the BJP candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat personally met the Speaker on Tuesday to verify his resignation Singh, who …

Resignation of Independent MLAs: HC reserves judgment
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Resignation of Independent MLAs: HC reserves judgment

Hindustan Times  

: Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in a petition filed by three Independent MLAs, Ashish Sharma, KL Thakur, and Hoshiyar Singh challenging constitutional authority and delay caused in accepting their resignation. Himachal Pradesh high court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in a petition filed by three Independent MLAs, Ashish Sharma, KL Thakur, and Hoshiyar Singh challenging …

Explainer: Politics behind not accepting Haryana MLA's Ranjit Singh’s resignation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Explainer: Politics behind not accepting Haryana MLA's Ranjit Singh’s resignation

Hindustan Times  

Independent MLA from Rania in Haryana, Ranjit Singh who was fielded by the BJP for the Hisar Lok Sabha seat last month had resigned from the state assembly. However, even after a month, Singh’s resignation has not been accepted by the Haryana assembly speaker, Gian Chand Gupta. Since the Independent MLA has already joined a political party, he would be …

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