Himachal Police files case against Ind MLA & Congress rebel’s father for ‘electoral offences

himachalscape March 10, 2024 1 minute read

Shimla, Mar 10

The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress rebel over â€œelectoral offencesâ€ related to the recent Rajya Sabha polls in which six party MLAs voted for the BJP candidate from the state.
The case against Hamirpurâ€™s independent MLA Ashish Sharma and Gagretâ€™s now disqualified MLA Chetanya Sharmaâ€™s father was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Congress MLAs Sanjay Awasthi and Bhuvneshwar Gaur.

Superintendent of police Shimla Sanjeev Gandhi said that FIR is lodged under section 170 a and 120 b at Police Station Boilueganj on the complaint of two persons including an independent MLA.

Apart from the six MLAs who cross-voted, three independent legislators had also voted in favour of BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan.
This cross voting on Feb 27, triggered a crisis in the Stateâ€™s Congress government, which appeared to have lost its majority in the assembly however managed to save government by doing floor management.

Six Congress disqualified also moved in the Supreme court of India challenging their disqualification by the speaker on February 29. The apex may hear the civil writ petion tomorrow or Tuesday.