In Himachal Pradesh, the ruling Congress took a hit when its candidate, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, was defeated after nine MLAs six from Congress and three Independents voted against him, ensuring the victory of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan who was declared elected after a 3434 tie followed by draw of lots.
In the Himachal House of 68, the Congress had 40 MLAs and the backing of three Independents as opposed to the 25 of the BJP.The defeat of the Congress candidate comes ahead of the voting on the state Finance Bill in the Assembly. The BJP claimed the ruling party had lost majority and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Within the Congress, there was a crisis with those voting against Singhvi, the "outsider" candidate fielded by the party high command, also said to be unhappy with the style of functioning of Sukhu.
Adding to that is the factional feud between camps led by Sukhu and PCC president Pratibha Singh, wife of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, and her son Vikramaditya Singh. The Congress camp appeared clearly nervous.
As the voting ended, Sukhu told reporters: "We have 40 MLAs.Agar koi bika nahin hoga toh humhe 40 ke 40 vote aayega (We should get 40/40 if
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