Shimla, Mar 13
Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania appointed Congress first time Member of Assembly from Shahpur Kewal Singh Pathania as Chief Whip of Himachal Pradesh Legislative assembly with immediate effect.
In a notification issued by the secretary Vidhan Sabha Yashpal Sharma stated that Speaker have approved the appointment of Pathania on the proposal of the State government under the HP Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip Act.
It is worthwhile to mention that after crossing over of votes in Rajya sabha election recently and disqualification of six MLAs Congress government is trying to control further defection in the party legislature as now 34 members have remained in the assembly with treasury benches. For the sake of majority mark further defection couldn’t not be ruled out and three MLAs have been given plum posts in the government.
Apart from 11 members council of ministers including Cheif minister, deputy Chief minister there are six Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, three chairman and vice chairman and one chief whip in the party however there number of plum posts still laying vaccant in the government. Apart from this number of other non -elected party functionaries were appointed as political advisor, vice-chairman OSD and director by the state government.
