Achi news desk-
Reporting: Rajendra Sharma
Shimla Rajya Sabha elections were held in Himachal Pradesh. BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan won this. Now Congress leader and senior Supreme Court advocate Manu Singhvi approached the Himachal High Court. He challenged the Rajya Sabha election process. The petition said that the rule of lotteries under which the elections were lost was wrong. He raised a demand from the High Court to cancel the elections. these.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi says that when both the candidates got 34-34 votes and later the names were removed from the slip but the way the candidate won in this slip system is wrong. According to the slip, the candidate who should have won. On the contrary, the other candidate won. This is a misconception. Moon Singhbi filed a petition against this in the High Court in Himachal.
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Both received equal votes
It is worth noting that the Rajya Sabha elections were held in Himachal Pradesh. In this, Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi got 34 votes and BJP’s Harsh Mahajan also got 34 votes. A lottery was adopted after both parties received an equal number of votes. Thus, the person whose name appeared on the ballot lost the election. Abhishek Mun Singhvi’s name was on the ticket and hence the Harsh Mahajan won.
A challenge given in the High Court
During the Rajya Sabha elections in Himachal, six rebel Congress MLAs cross-voted. After that there was political turmoil in the country. BJP’s Harsh Mahajan won the test conducted by lottery after this vote. Now Congress leader Manu Singhvi has challenged this lottery system in the Supreme Court.
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Tags: Himachal News, Politics of Himachal, Shimla news
First published: April 6, 2024, 2:39 PM IST
