Rajasthan’s BJP legislator Shobharani Khushwaha, Congress’s Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi and JD(S) lawmaker from Karnataka Srinivas Gowda disturbed the calculations of their respective events by cross-voting within the just-concluded Rajya Sabha election.
Khushwaha (48), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Dholpur, voted for Congress nominee Pramod Tiwari. She has been suspended by the saffron social gathering, pending an inquiry, and has additionally been issued a show-cause discover to elucidate her place.
The two-time MLA belongs to the backward Khushwaha neighborhood.
She allegedly voted in favour of the Congress to defeat BJP-supported Independent candidate Subhash Chandra.
In a press release, Khushwaha has alleged that media organisations run by Chandra had campaigned towards her and thus, the members of the Khushwaha neighborhood didn’t help him.
She has additionally alleged that the BJP had requested her to vote for Chandra, who was overtly speaking about cross-voting within the Rajya Sabha election and misusing cash energy.
Khushwaha has additionally accused the senior BJP management of not supporting the social gathering candidates within the panchayat and civic polls to the Dholpur Nagar Parishad, as a result of which the Congress gained.
She has mentioned she had not gone to the BJP to hunt a ticket for herself however the social gathering got here to her to offer the ticket.
Khushwaha has additionally mentioned she doesn’t want to stay in a celebration that intentionally indulges in actions to defeat its personal candidates and thanked the BJP for initiating motion towards her.
Bishnoi didn’t solid his vote in favour of Congress nominee Ajay Maken and cross-voted, saying he exercised his franchise after listening to the voice of his conscience.
The Congress has eliminated Bishnoi from all social gathering positions.
Bishnoi is a four-time MLA and at present represents the Adampur Assembly seat in Hisar. He has additionally been a two-time parliamentarian.
Bishnoi is the son of former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal, who dominated the state for a very long time. He has additionally been within the BJP, after he initially floated his personal outfit — the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL). He can be the patron of the Akhil Bharatiya Bishnoi Mahasabha.
Bishnoi had not attended the conferences of the social gathering MLAs organised in help of Maken. Neither had he gone to Raipur, the place the Congress legislators have been holed up in a resort forward of the Rajya Sabha polls.
Janata Dal (Secular) MLA Gowda voted for the Congress and overtly mentioned that he did so.
“I have voted for the Congress as I love it,” the Kolar MLA mentioned.
The JD(S) is prone to expel Gowda, who has claimed that he’ll be a part of the Congress quickly.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”