Shimla, Aug. 26 -- The Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker on Tuesday rejected a proposed privilege motion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, filed by Dharamshala MLA Sudhir Sharma, citing procedural shortcomings.

Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said he had received only a DO note from Sharma, which did not qualify as a formal notice under assembly rules. "To bring a privilege motion, a notice must be submitted with a reference to the relevant rules, which has not been done," Pathania clarified in the assembly.

Undeterred by the rejection, Sharma announced he would resubmit the notice in the correct format.

"I have no personal fight with the Chief Minister. The issue is that the CM has spoken untruths in the House. In the inte...