In an sudden flip of occasions, the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal Pradesh witnessed a big upset on Tuesday as Harsh Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) emerged victorious in opposition to Congress’s Abhishek Manu Singhvi. What provides intrigue to this electoral contest is that the choice between the 2 stalwarts was decided by a lottery after the voting.
Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi prolonged his congratulations to Harsh Mahajan on his victory however jibed on the BJP over the election end result. Singhvi remarked, “To begin with, I prolong heartiest congratulations to Harsh Mahajan, he has received. He deserves my congratulations. I wish to inform his occasion – introspect and suppose. When a 25-member occasion fields a candidate in opposition to a 43-member occasion, there is only one message — we are going to shamelessly try this which isn’t permitted by the legislation…”, as quoted by information company ANI.
#WATCH | Rajya Sabha Elections | Congress candidate from Himachal Pradesh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi says, “To begin with, I prolong heartiest congratulations to Harsh Mahajan (BJP candidate), he has received. He deserves my congratulations. I wish to inform his occasion – introspect and… pic.twitter.com/iS4v7Kx2zp
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2024
“…I’d additionally prefer to thank the 9 individuals (MLAs) as a result of they’ve taught me so much about human nature, its fickleness or its resoluteness. They supped with us…So, I believe we’re unhealthy judges of human character, they’re clearly higher judges of human character,” he additional commented.
#WATCH | Rajya Sabha Elections | BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan wins after the draw of heaps, each candidates obtained 34 every.
Congress candidate from Himachal Pradesh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi says, “…I’d additionally prefer to thank the 9 individuals (MLAs) as a result of they’ve taught me so much… pic.twitter.com/vFPwBdrBFu
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2024
‘Bought Out Their Honesty’: Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu On Cross-Voting
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu additionally slammed the cross-voting saying, “…When somebody has offered out their honesty…9 cross-votings befell, three of them had been Unbiased MLAs however six others offered their honesty…and voted in opposition to him (Abhishek Singhvi)…”
#WATCH | Rajya Sabha Elections | Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu says, “…When somebody has offered out their honesty…9 cross-votings befell, three of them had been Unbiased MLAs however six others offered their honesty…and voted in opposition to him (Abhishek Singhvi)…” pic.twitter.com/MoRtSDceOk
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2024
He remarked that cross-voting is in opposition to Himachal’s tradition. “Himachal’s voters know that they despatched the Congress to kind a authorities for 5 years. They won’t like this.”
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Out of the whole 68 votes, 34 had been in favour of Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, whereas the remaining 34 sided with BJP’s Harsh Mahajan. Following the vote depend, a draw of heaps was carried out, with the slip bearing the identify of BJP contestant Harsh Mahajan, thus declaring him the winner. Harsh Mahajan will now proceed to characterize Himachal Pradesh within the Rajya Sabha.
It is noteworthy that previous to him, Indu Goswami and Professor Sikandar Kumar had been representing Himachal Pradesh within the Rajya Sabha.