Independent MLA from Himachal Pradesh- Hoshiyar Singh. File
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Peeved over delay on half of Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania in accepting their resignations, the three Independent MLAs sat on a dharna on the Vidhan Sabha in Shimla on March 30.
Three Independent MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra, Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur and Ok.L. Thakur from Nalagarh, who had voted for the BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan in not too long ago held Rajya Sabha elections, tendered their resignation on March 22 and joined the BJP the following day.
The MLAs had been carrying placards which learn “Hamne swechha se Vidhan Sabha se tyagpatra diya hai, ise turant sweekar kiya jaye” (We have resigned voluntarily from meeting and it needs to be accepted instantly) in the course of the protest.
These MLAs had been issued discover by the Vidhan Sabha searching for an evidence whether or not they have resigned voluntarily and never beneath duress.
“We have received representation from the Congress legislative party that these MLAs resigned under duress and not voluntarily and we have sought an explanation from them in this regard,” a Vidhan Sabha workers had informed PTI earlier.
The speaker had earlier maintained that the Independent MLAs have submitted their resignation however not cited the explanation. It will probably be put up in file and vital process could be adopted, he mentioned.
Meanwhile, the MLAs insisted that that they had resigned willfully as they had been being humiliated and insulted however as an alternative of accepting the resignations, the speaker sought an evidence from them and requested them to look earlier than him on April 10.
“We are Independents and don’t belong to any party and are free to resign. It is wrong to say that we resigned under duress and there is no logic in asking why we resigned and our resignations should be accepted forthwith,” MLA Hoshiyar Singh informed the mediapersons right here.
“Despite repeated reminders and emails, our resignations have not been accepted and we were forced to sit on a dharna and we are unable to know why the resignations are not being accepted, paving way for a fresh mandate,” he added.
Mr. Singh additional mentioned that they’d transfer the courtroom in case the resignations should not accepted.
“We had also written to the governor but he declined to intervene and in case the resignations are not accepted we would move the court and not wait for April 10,” he mentioned and requested why the Congress was working away from the by-elections.
The different two Independent MLAs — Sharma and Thakur — accused Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of bringing developments to a standstill in the final 14 months.
Mr. Sukhu humiliated us and discriminated with our meeting seats and gave cupboard posts to his associates and unleashed political vendetta by conducting raids on the companies and registering false instances in opposition to the MLAs, they mentioned.
After disqualification of six Congress rebels, the ruling get together’s energy has been diminished to 34 from 40 and the BJP is eager that by-elections are held for all 9 meeting constituencies.
The Election Commission has thus far issued the schedule for by-elections to 6 constituencies vacated following disqualification of the Congress rebels.
Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Rajiv Bindal has termed the non-acceptance of the Independent legislators’ resignations as unconstitutional and unlawful, and mentioned that resigning from publish is the correct of any particular person.