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. Member-secretary of the panel, advocate Rohit Jain from Ambala, said the notice was issued on the directions of committee chairman Dharmpal Malik, asking all to appear within a week. Speaking to reporters in Karnal on Thursday, former CM and LoP Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said, "All those who cross-voted have been issued notices and we have already sent a report to the high command." Among the MLAs who cross-voted, the Ratia MLA defeated the former BJP MP Sunita Duggal in the 2024 elections by over 20,000 votes. He said that he was upset about being accused of doing so. "I voted for the party candidate after showing the ballot to Hooda. I've been a true soldier of Hooda for the last two decades," he added. Naraingarh's Chaudhary is a two-time MLA from the seat, the home turf of CM Nayab Singh Saini. She defeated CM's close aide Pawan Saini in the 2024 elections. She is the wife of Ram Kishan Gujjar, who had now resigned from the post of the working president of the Haryana Congress. Gujjar has earlier lashed out at the party leadership for being targeted, while Chaudhary vowed to quit politics, if the allegation of cross-voting is proved against her. Both have been close aides of Selja. Bala also denied the allegations. She is also a Selja aide. Eldest of the five, Ilyas is a five-term MLA and served as a minister of state twice in the Bhajan Lal and OP Chautala governments. Mohammad Israil is another Muslim MLA from the Congress, accused of cross-voting. Both leaders are from the Hooda camp....