Himachal Assembly Speaker accepts resignations of three independent MLAs

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Monday accepted the resignations of three independent MLAs who voted in favour of the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls. “The resignations have been accepted and these three MLAs have withdrawn from the membership of the 14th Vidhan Sabha with immediate effect,” Pathania told reporters here. ”

Independent MLAs Husiar Singh (Dehra), Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh) had voted in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan along with six Congress rebels in the February 27 Rajya Sabha polls.