Dehra Dun, Jan 30 The ruling BJP, which has a wafer-thin majority in the Uttarakhand assembly, has decided to field two of its MLAs for the next Lok Sabha elections from the state.
The BJP parliamentary board yesterday chose Ajay Tamta and Mandan Kaushik, MLAs from Someshwar and Haridwar respectively, for contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections.
BJP has to win both the seats, if the MLAs get elected to the Lok Sabha, in addition to vacant Kapkot assembly seat (after Bhagat Singh Koshiari got elected to Rajya Sabha) to retain a majority in the 70-member house.
While Tamta has been nominated from Almora reserved constituency, Kaushik will contest from Haridwar Lok Sabha seat.
The by-election for Kapkot legislature seat is likely to be held along with the general elections.
"I cannot understand the logic behind sending three MLAs to parliament when we have only a wafer-thin majority in the house,"a top BJP leader said while requesting anonymity.
At present, BJP has 35 members in the house with three members of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three other independents lending their support to the government. In case, both Kaushik and Tamta get elected to the Lok Sabha, BJP will have to rely on the support of UKD and independents.
Surprisingly, by deciding to contest all the five Lok Sabha seats in the hill state, BJP has sent a clear message to its coalition partner UKD that it was not interested in any tie-up with it. Too much will be riding on the by-elections if UKD decides to withdraw support from the government.
Opposition Congress, meanwhile, is yet to declare its candidates from the state. PTI DPT
Soruce: http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/490806/National/1/20/1
The BJP parliamentary board yesterday chose Ajay Tamta and Mandan Kaushik, MLAs from Someshwar and Haridwar respectively, for contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections.
BJP has to win both the seats, if the MLAs get elected to the Lok Sabha, in addition to vacant Kapkot assembly seat (after Bhagat Singh Koshiari got elected to Rajya Sabha) to retain a majority in the 70-member house.
While Tamta has been nominated from Almora reserved constituency, Kaushik will contest from Haridwar Lok Sabha seat.
The by-election for Kapkot legislature seat is likely to be held along with the general elections.
"I cannot understand the logic behind sending three MLAs to parliament when we have only a wafer-thin majority in the house,"a top BJP leader said while requesting anonymity.
At present, BJP has 35 members in the house with three members of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three other independents lending their support to the government. In case, both Kaushik and Tamta get elected to the Lok Sabha, BJP will have to rely on the support of UKD and independents.
Surprisingly, by deciding to contest all the five Lok Sabha seats in the hill state, BJP has sent a clear message to its coalition partner UKD that it was not interested in any tie-up with it. Too much will be riding on the by-elections if UKD decides to withdraw support from the government.
Opposition Congress, meanwhile, is yet to declare its candidates from the state. PTI DPT
Soruce: http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/490806/National/1/20/1
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