image

Rajya Sabha adjourned over Congress-BJP's ruckus over Gujarat MLA defections

by IBNS 30 Jul 2017, 10:45 pm

#New Delhi # July 31 (IBNS): Rajya Sabha on the first working day of the week was adjourned after the Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created a ruckus with the former accusing the latter of engineering MLA defections in Gujarat.

New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Rajya Sabha on the first working day of the week was adjourned after the Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created a ruckus with the former accusing the latter of engineering MLA defections in Gujarat.

Congress accused the BJP of bribing its MLAs in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha poll on August 8.
 
In a major blow to the Congress after the resignation of Shankersinh Vaghela,  five of its legislators in the Gujarat Assembly resigned within two days from Thursday.

One of the legislators who has quit is Balwantsinh Rajput, the Congress' chief whip in the assembly. 
 
Within hours of resignation, the three MLAs who left Congress on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
 
Following the political crisis in the state, the Congress has flown 44  MLAs from Gujarat to a Bengaluru resort to prevent horsetrading with their legislators ahead of the Rajya Sabha election.
 
However, BJP has termed the Congress' step to prevent defection of their MLAs as a "kidnap".
 
The BJP has nominated Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and former Congressman  Balwantsinh Rajput for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats, while the Congress has again nominated Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Sonia Gandhi. 

Top Headlines

Related Videos
Video

Taste of America, Indian style

by India Blooms 09 Jul 2015, 03:37 am

Video

Love is the Drug

by Hannah Cornett 01 Jun 2015, 02:00 am

Video

Can India benefit from Kentucky coal?

by ibns 30 Jan 2015, 02:12 am

Video

Bollywood weekly round up

by ians 11 Aug 2014, 01:44 am

Related Photos
In Images: BJP supporters hold Tiranga Yatra in Kolkata to celebrate success of Operation Sindoor

In Images: BJP supporters hold Tiranga Yatra in Kolkata to celebrate success of Operation Sindoor

by Trans World Features 16 May 2025, 10:15 am

In Images: Narendra Modi visits Adampur Air Base days after Operation Sindoor

In Images: Narendra Modi visits Adampur Air Base days after Operation Sindoor

by Trans World Features 15 May 2025, 08:28 am

In Images: PM Modi addresses soldiers at Adampur airforce base

In Images: PM Modi addresses soldiers at Adampur airforce base

by Trans World Features 15 May 2025, 08:22 am