The six MLAs, one of them a former minister, had cross-voted in favour of the BJP candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh last month.
The Congress had won 40 seats in the 2022 assembly polls against 25 of them BJP. But now, the effective strength of the congress has gone down to 34 in the 68-member House.
BY Ashwani Sharma March 16, 2024
While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers have started the outreach at the booth-level for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party is still working to secure its state government and containing the fallout of revolt against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
BY Ashwani Sharma March 14, 2024
Rattan Manjary Negi, 70, is the hope of hundreds of women in the area of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh who are fighting for their right to inherit property
BY Ashwani Sharma March 8, 2024
She was a minister in the Himachal Pradesh government and later a two-time Rajya Sabha member, besides being the state Congress president
BY Ashwani Sharma March 8, 2024
Her political career spanning four-and-half decades has remained unblemished. Himachal Pradesh will forever be indebted
BY Ashwani Sharma March 8, 2024
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu could not anticipate that a Rajya Sabha poll under his watch could turn into a full-fledged ‘Operation Lotus’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to topple his government. The nomination of BJP’s candidate Harsh Mahajan should have led to alarm in the party, but the party missed the sign.
BY Ashwani Sharma March 6, 2024
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told Outlook that the earnings from milk cess levied on the sale of liquor will be invested in building modern infrastructure for the state’s dairy sector and boosting the rural economy in the Himalayan state.
BY Ashwani Sharma February 20, 2024
The leaders and groups spearheading the farmers’ ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march are different from the 2020-21 protests as Punjab-based farm unions have since undergone splits and leaders have exchanged blows amongst themselves as their ambitions clashed.
BY Ashwani Sharma February 15, 2024
In an interview with Outlook, Speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Ritu Khanduri Bhushan details on what she thinks of the government's bill on Uniform Civil Code.
BY Ashwani Sharma February 13, 2024
Advertisement
Advertisement
Newsletter
Signup for Outlook and get curated content to your inbox everyday.