Shimla. Congress has suffered a major setback in Himachal Pradesh. The rebel MLAs of the party have joined BJP. These 6 rebel MLAs include Rajendra Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Chaitanya Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal and Devendra Kumar.
Let us tell you that on Friday, 3 independent MLAs who voted for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections had resigned from the assembly membership. These independent MLAs, who returned to Himachal after about 25 days, submitted their resignations to the Assembly Secretary in Shimla.
Independent MLA Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur Sadar, KL Thakur from Nalagarh and Hoshiar Singh from Dehra had resigned from the assembly membership. During this time, former CM of the state Jairam Thakur was also present with him. It is said that all had reached Shimla from Delhi by chartered plane.
Three independent members of Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Hoshiar Singh from Dehra Assembly constituency, KL Thakur from Nalagarh Assembly constituency and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur Assembly constituency, met Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla at Raj Bhavan on Friday.
These MLAs informed the Governor that they have resigned from the membership of the Assembly Speaker. Since he did not meet the Speaker of the Assembly, he has given his resignation letter to the Secretary of the Assembly.
