Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan, who met the observers, said some of the rebels are in contact with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the Congress high command.
After meeting with party observers, CM Sukhu said, “Discussion was held regarding elections. Our government is safe.”
The Himachal CM also said that all fellow party leaders were like his younger siblings, adding, significantly, that his party believes in ‘forgiveness’, and not ‘revenge’.
Sukhu said, “We are forgiving in nature but the MLAs who cross-voted during the Rajya Sabha elections in favour of the BJP candidate should have respected the party’s ideology.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Sukhu claimed that one of the dissident MLAs, who cross-voted during the casting of votes for the Rajya Sabha polls on Tuesday, prompting BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan to script a stunning win in a draw of lots, has apologised.
“One of the MLAs (who cross-voted for the BJP candidate) has asked for forgiveness for betraying the party and the whip. I don’t want to take his name. He said he erred in his decision-making. The hearing on the disqualification case is underway,” CM Sukhu said.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
