Haryana Congress panel recommends suspension of five MLAs
Chandigarh, April 6 -- Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) recommended suspension of the five party MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during last month's Rajya Sabha elections.
After the committee met here on Friday evening, its chairman, Dharampal Malik, had told mediapersons that the panel would prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal.
According to party sources on Sunday, the committee has recommended suspension of the legislators after examining their responses to show-cause notices. The show cause was served for "anti-party activities by deliberately not casting a vote in favour of Congress's official candidate...". Polling for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana was held on March 16.
When contacted over the phone on Sunday, Dharampal Malik, without going into the specifics of what has been recommended by the DAC, said, "We have sent our report to state president Rao Narender Singh, party general secretary in charge B K Hariprasad and party senior leader K C Venugopal"....
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