Shimla, Feb 28,
As politics is taking quick turns in capital Shimla, reports surfacing suggest that 15 BJP MLAs have been suspended from the house. These fifteen members of opposition BJP were suspended from Himachal Pradesh Assembly for rest of Budget session on Wednesday. The ruling benches moved a suspension motion against them in the house.
Currently the Budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is taking place. Giving the BJP a taste of their own medicine, Parliamentary affairs minister Harshvardan Chauhan this morning issued a proposal stating that the action of these MLAs has been unparliamentary and have hurt the house and it has become impossible to run the house in their presence.
Therefore, he proposed that Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur, Former Speaker Vipin Singh Parmar, Randhir Sharma, Lokender Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Hans Raj, Janak Raj, Balbir Singh Verma, Trilok Jamwal, Surender Shourie, Deep Raj, Poran Chand, ID Gandhi, Daleep Kumar and Ranvir Singh should be suspended from the house.
This political turmoil started unfolding on Tuesday when Himachal Pradesh Assembly adjourned after the launch break after a ruckus in the house on the demand of voting on the cut motion. As the house assembled at 1400 hrs. After the launch break the speaker stated that quorum is not there in the house. The house was adjourned till having sufficient quorum and it was reassembled at 1415 hrs.
Even this morning the BJP legislative party leaders including former BJP president Satpal Singh Sati, Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur, senior members of legislative assembly Anil Sharma, Randhir Sharma, Hans Raj and others met Guv around 0730 hrs . The party spokesperson said that BJP MLAs demanded division of vote in the house on the financial bill.
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