Congress has suspended 5 of its MLAs from the party on charges of cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana. He was accused of voting for the BJP candidate, after which this action was taken with the approval of the party president.
Chandigarh: The party has taken major action against five Congress MLAs who voted for the BJP candidate during the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana. Congress has suspended its five MLAs from the primary membership of the party. These MLAs are accused of voting for the BJP supported candidate instead of party candidate Karamveer Singh Boudh. The MLAs who have been suspended include Shaili Chaudhary from Narayangarh, Renu Bala from Sadhaura, Mohammad Ilyas from Punhana, Mohammad Israel from Hathin and Jarnail Singh from Ratia.
The disciplinary committee of Haryana Congress had recommended action against these MLAs. This recommendation was approved by AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, after which Haryana PCC President Rao Narendra Singh announced the suspension. Interestingly, despite this cross-voting, Congress candidate Karamveer Singh Buddhist won the election. Whereas, BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia had won on the second seat.
Due to this action, suspended MLAs Shaili Choudhary, Renu Bala and Jarnail Singh have said in their clarification that they had voted for the party candidate only. At the same time, Mohammad Ilyas and Mohammad Israel did not respond to the show cause notice sent by the party leadership.