Karnal, March 22 -- Days after Congress issued show-cause notices to its five MLAs for allegedly cross-voting in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal in the Rajya Sabha polls, all five MLAs have denied their involvement in the said act.

The notices have been issued to Naraingarh MLA Shalley Chaudhary, Sadhaura (SC) MLA Renu Bala, Punahana MLA Mohammad Ilyas, Hathin MLA Mohammad Israil and Ratia MLA Jarnail Singh.

While the Ratia legislator received a notice on March 20, the other four received notices on March 18 from the Disciplinary Action Committee of the Haryana Congress. Member-secretary of the panel, advocate Rohit Jain from Ambala, said the notice was issued on the directions of committee chairman Dharmpal Mal...