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Himachal Pradesh Live Updates: The results of Rajya Sabha elections have been declared. BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan won the election on one seat in Himachal Pradesh. However, in a shocking report, ruling party Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi had to face defeat. However, the reason for his defeat was cross voting.
This is the first time such a decision has been taken
Apart from this, independent candidates also did not support Congress, due to which both Congress and BJP candidates got equal number of votes. This is the first time that the ticket has been decided after two candidates got equal number of votes in the Rajya Sabha elections.
BJP made a big claim
The budget will be presented in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly today. Meanwhile, the BJP delegation reached to meet the Governor because BJP has made a big claim that Congress has lost the majority. There is a demand to pass this budget through voting.
Former CM said- Congress government lost majority
Before meeting Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, former Himachal Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that recent developments show that the Congress government has lost its majority.
Understand the numbers game of Himachal Pradesh Assembly
There are total 68 assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh. In such a situation, any party needs 35 seats for majority. 40 Congress MLAs had won in the assembly elections held last year. While 25 BJP MLAs and three independent MLAs won. After Congress got majority, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhkhun was made the Chief Minister in a tug of war between the two groups.