BJP disqualifies six MLAs for cross-voting
November 18th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 18 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Jammu and Kashmir Friday disqualified six of its seven MLAs who had cross-voted during legislative council elections in April this year helping the ruling coalition candidate to win.
The party had already disqualified Chaman Lal Gupta, who was the party’s legislature party leader at the time of the council elections.
The party’s decision to disqualify six more MLAs was announced by BJP’s state unit spokesperson Nirmal Kamal. She said the “party wants to purge itself of the elements who had voted against the party candidate Ranjit Singh in the council elections”.
Chaman Lal Gupta, Durga Dass, Baldev Raj, Gharu Ram, Jagdish Sapolia, Lal Chand and Bharat Bhushan had voted for the National Conference-led coalition government candidates.
The BJP candidate had polled only four votes as against 11, as seven party legislators had voted for the ruling alliance candidate.
The spokesperson said the BJP has written to the assembly speaker and also to the Election Commission of India informing them of the party’s decision.
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