R Ashok, K G Bopaiah spotted at Hotel Renaissance where disgruntled MLAs are camping
Bengaluru: Though the BJP leaders were claiming that they were not trying to destabilize the coalition government, BJP leaders R Ashok and KG Bopaiah were seen with independent MLAs R Shankar and Nagesh who have camped in Mumbai hotel on Wednesday.
As Speaker Ramesh Kumar said that the resignation letters were not in order, the two BJP leaders flew to Mumbai and held discussion with the disgruntled MLAs and directed them to submit their resignations in proper format, sources said.
It is also said that the BJP leaders have asked the MLAs not to withdraw their resignations. The BJP has already moved to the Supreme Court demanding immediate acceptance of resignation and hoped that they would get favourable judgement. Moreover, the Governor was also in favour of BJP, the BJP leaders said to have informed the MLAs.
So, the disgruntled MLAs have asked DK Shivakumar who arrived to meet them, to return. With the resignation of 16 MLAs, the strength of the coalition government has come down, while BJP leaders are in full swing to form the government.
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Odisha: BJD suspends 6 MLAs for cross-voting in RS polls
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Bhubaneswar (PTI): The Biju Janata Dal on Saturday suspended six of its MLAs for cross-voting during the recent election to four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha.
The suspended legislators were Chakramani Kanhar of Baliguda seat, Naba Kishor Mallick of Jayadev constituency, Souvic Biswal of Choudwar-Cuttack, Subasini Jena of Basta, Ramakanta Bhoi of Tirtol and Devi Ranjan Tripathy of Banki, an order by party chief Naveen Patnaik showed.
The suspension decision was taken at the opposition party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting presided over by Patnaik.
The six MLAs were issued a show-cause notice on March 17.
They submitted their replies on Friday evening, and those were found not satisfactory, said the BJD's chief whip in the Assembly, Pramila Mallik.
The ruling BJP won two of the four Rajya Sabha seats while the opposition BJD and a saffron party-backed Independent candidate bagged one seat each in the biennial polls held last Monday.
While the total number of BJP legislators and Independent MLAs supporting the ruling party was 82 in the 147-member House, the saffron party candidates secured 93 first preference votes, which was 11 more than its strength in the Assembly.
Of these 11 votes, eight were of BJD MLAs and three of Congress legislators, an official had said.
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