‘Unfortunate’: BJP criticizes Himachal Pradesh chief minister’s ‘black snake’ taunt against rebel MLAs

Chief minister says rebel leaders ‘sold their souls’ to ‘undermine’ government

Shimla:

The Himachal Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said it was “unfortunate” that Chief Minister Sukhwinder Suhu “harassed” MLAs and called them “black snakes”, adding that such words are not allowed Applied to elected representatives.

Speaking to mediapersons here, BJP spokesperson Balbir Verma and former minister Chowdhary Sukhram said the chief minister was in panic and was resorting to extreme language Take revenge.

He said that 32 senior Congress leaders including Lal Chand Kataria, Rajendra Yadav, Richpal Mirdha and Vijaypal Mirdha have joined the BJP in Rajasthan, leaders such as Gulam Nabi Azad, Rita Bahuguna, Jyotiraje Scindhia and Milan Devara People left parliament, but no leader spoke out in opposition. them.

At a recent public meeting, Mr Sohu referred to the six rebel MPs who voted for the BJP nominee in the recent Lok Sabha polls as “six black snakes (‘kala nag’)”.

The chief minister said rebel leaders “sold their souls” to “undermine” the government. He also compared them to shepherds moving from one place to another.

BJP leaders Verma and Sukhram told the media on Monday that the Congress government does not have a majority in the Assembly and therefore “has no right to remain in power”.

“The development work, which was already moving at a slow pace, has now come to a standstill as the chief minister is busy rescuing his chairman,” the BJP leader said.

Six Congress rebels – Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Ra Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma and Devinder Kumar Bhutto – who cross-voted for the BJP, were dismissed for flouting the whip Disqualified from voting in the House of Representatives. Government support during cuts motions and budgets.

In a joint statement, six Congress rebels and three independent MLAs, who voted for the BJP candidate in the recent Lok Sabha polls, accused the government of registering false cases against them and their relatives to exert pressure.

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