GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 12th June. The Congress party on Saturday sacked Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions after he cross-voted against Congress nominee Ajay Maken in Rajya Sabha elections held in Haryana on Friday.
“Hon’ble Congress President has expelled Shri Kuldeep Bishnoi from all his present party positions including the post of special invitee in Congress Working Committee with immediate effect,” in a letter, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K. C. Venugopal said.
The cross-voting by Kuldeep Bishnoi contributed to the Congress candidate Ajay Maken’s defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections.
Two Congress MLAs cross-voted in Haryana and Ajay Maken got only 29 out of a possible 31 votes, allowing independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, supported by the BJP, to win with a narrow margin.
Kuldeep Bishnoi, meanwhile, had put out a cryptic message on Twitter, “I have the capability to crush snakes’ hood, do not leave the jungle in the fear of snakes.”
Kuldeep Bishnoi was disappointed with the party after he was denied state President post and had said he would take a decision after a meeting with Rahul Gandhi, which did not take place.
The defeat in Haryana has put Bhupinder Singh Hooda in a tight spot and the Congress leadership is likely to take a view on it as he had promised to win the seat for the party.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krishan Lal Panwar and Sharma emerged victorious.
Earlier, the two had written to the Election Commission (EC) alleging that Congress MLAs Kiran Choudhary and B. B. Batra showed their ballot papers to unauthorised persons after marking them, but the Election Commission rejected their objections and counting was restarted.
Of the 90 members in the Haryana Assembly, 89 cast their votes, officials said. Independent legislator Balraj Kundu abstained from voting.
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