Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi Expelled For Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Election
NDTV
Congress nominee Ajay Maken failed to secure a Rajya Sabha berth after Mr Bishnoi cross-voted.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expelled Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions including the post of a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect after he cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. Haryana Congress sources had earlier indicated that action was sought against Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Mr Bishnoi hit headlines right before the June 10 polls to the upper house for his cryptic tweets saying he will listen to his "inner voice" in the run-up to the elections to two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana.
Congress nominee Ajay Maken, who many assumed would comfortably win even if Mr Bishnoi cross-voted, failed to secure a Rajya Sabha seat after Mr Bishnoi, cross-voted, and the vote of another MLA was declared invalid.
