Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has been served with a defamation notice by one of the six Congress rebels, Sudhir Sharma. The notice was given a day after CM Sukhu claimed that all of the 6 rebel MLAs who voted for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls were purchased for ₹15 crore each.
The defamation notice asked for a Rs 5-crore compensation from the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister. Sharma is one of the Congress rebels.
During a rally in Himachal's Una district, Sukhu had on Thursday alleged that the Congress rebels are corrupt and will go behind bars.
He had said "We do not have money but we have honesty, morality, and support of the people" and alleged that the six Congress rebels and three independents were sold for Rs 15 crore each.
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The CM had made the remarks against the nine legislators including six Congress rebels and three independents who had voted in favour of BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27.
These MLAs later joined the BJP and the six Congress rebels who were disqualified for defying a whip to be present in the assembly and vote in favour of the government during the cut motions and the budget was given tickets by the BJP from their respective assemblies constituencies.
The police had registered an FIR against Independent MLA Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur) and Rakesh Sharma, father of Congress rebel Chetanya Sharma (Gagret), and others for "electoral offences", bribery, and criminal conspiracy.
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