Rajya Sabha polls: Rajasthan BSP whip asks its 6 MLAs, who’ve merged with Congress, to vote for Subhash Chandra

By PTI

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan BSP Saturday issued a whip asking six MLAs who had received as BSP candidates however later merged with the Congress to vote for less than Independent candidate Subhash Chandra who’s within the fray for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

Issuing the whip, BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba mentioned the six MLAs had received their seats within the 2018 state polls on BSP image and “are bound to work as per the party whip”.

“The BSP does not agree with the policies of the Congress and the BJP, and therefore opposes their candidates. The party has issued a whip directing the MLAs to vote for the Independent candidate,” he mentioned, including acceptable motion shall be taken if the whip is violated.

The six MLAs are: Rajendra Gudha, Lakhan Meena, Deepchand Kheria, Sandeep Yadav, Joginder Awana and Wajib Ali.

They had who the 2018 meeting elections as BSP candidates, however merged the BSP legislature celebration with the ruling Congress in September 2019.

The election on 4 seats of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan will happen on June 10.

The Congress has shifted a lot of its MLAs and Independents to a resort in Udaipur to guard them from horse buying and selling.

Of the six BSP turned Congress MLAs, just one — Joginder Awana — is within the camp in Udaipur.

Rajendra Gudha, who’s a minister of state, expressed his resentment Thursday, saying the MLAs don’t get due respect within the Congress.

The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala and Pramod Tiwari, whereas the BJP has nominated former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari and supported media baron Subhash Chandra who has filed nomination as an impartial.