SHIMLA: Congress politician Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who misplaced the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal Pradesh on Feb 27 because of cross-voting by six Congress MLAs, on Saturday filed a petition in Himachal HC difficult the rule of declaring outcome by way of draw of heaps in case of a tie between each candidates. He mentioned there’s nothing within the legislation, neither within the Act nor within the Guidelines that compels an interpretation which requires that the individual whose identify is drawn up in a draw of heaps is the loser.Singhvi, whereas interacting with reporters in Shimla, mentioned he has challenged the idea that the one whose identify is on the slip ought to be declared the loser, and termed this notion as “legally incorrect”.He additional mentioned that if this assumption is mistaken, then the outcomes declared within the elections are additionally mistaken.The Congress functionary additionally emphasised that he has challenged the Rajya Sabha election on authorized grounds.Within the election, Singhvi and Harsh Mahajan of BJP had polled 34 votes every. After the competition led to a tie, Mahajan gained the election by way of a draw of heaps because the slip drawn bore Singhvi’s identify. The defeat was a giant blow for Congress, which had a transparent majority of 40 MLAs within the Home of 68 members. BJP, which had 25 MLAs, managed to win the ballot with the assistance of cross-voting.Six insurgent Congress MLAs together with three unbiased MLAs cross-voted for BJP.
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