Shimla, Aug. 11 (PTI): A no-confidence motion moved by the Congress and the CPI-M against the Jai Ram Thakur government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated by voice vote in the state Assembly on Thursday. The opposition MLAs walked out of the House during Chief Minister Thakur’s reply to the debate on the motion. The House witnessed a stormy debate as the opposition members targeted the BJP government over law and order, unemployment, price rise and other issues. The ruling BJP rejected the charges claiming the opposition has failed to come up with any concrete issue. The opposition parties moved the motion, just four months before the state is going to the Assembly polls. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri, Congress MLAs Jagat Singh Negi, Ram Lal Thakur, Harshwardhan Chauhan, Sukhvinder Sukhu and lone CPI-M legislator Rakesh Singha spoke in support of the motion. Chief Minister Thakur, his Cabinet colleagues Rakesh Pathania, Bikram Singh Thakur, Sukh Ram Chaudhary and BJP MLA Ra
Himachal Pradesh news: The speaker told the House on Wednesday that the notice was given at 9.50 am under Rule 278 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Donning a Himachali cap, Narendra Modi on Tuesday said in the last eight years of his government, he never thought of himself as the Prime Minister but considered him as a pradhan sevak (prime servant) of the country.Also all these years were .
Amid the chants of Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai , Prime Minister Modi earlier reached Himachal Pradesh capital to participate in the Garib Kalyan Sammelan.
Donning a Himachali cap, Narendra Modi on Tuesday said in the last eight years of his government, he never thought of himself as the Prime Minister (PM), but as a pradhan sevak (prime servant) of the country.Also all these years were devoted .