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The embarrassing occurrence of cross-voting by immoderate Opposition BJP MLAs successful the caller elections to the Legislative Council has taken a funny turn, with enactment State president B.Y. Vijayendra announcing that a legislature enactment gathering volition beryllium held astatine the pilgrimage centre of Dharmasthala to uncover the information astir who violated enactment whip.
Disclosing this to the property successful Bengaluru connected Sunday (June 21), Mr. Vijayendra said helium would speech to Leader of the Opposition successful the State Legislative Assembly R. Ashok astir his volition to clasp the legislature enactment gathering successful Dharmasthala. As per norms, Mr. Ashok is the authorization to convene a legislature enactment gathering arsenic helium is the legislature enactment leader.
It whitethorn beryllium noted that determination is simply a content among devotees of the pilgrimage centre of taking a vow (truth test) astatine the temple during disputes. Sources adjacent to Mr. Vijayendra maintained that helium is of the presumption that MLAs making it wide that they voted for the enactment campaigner astatine the legislature enactment gathering projected to beryllium held successful Dharmasthala would beryllium akin to taking a vow. “The enactment volition not importune connected each MLA taking a vow successful the temple. But we judge that they vouch for the information astatine the legislature enactment gathering arsenic it is being held astatine the pilgrimage centre. Those who indulge successful cross-voting whitethorn skip the meeting,” they said.
“We each (BJP legislators) judge successful God. Hence, I person decided that the gathering of enactment MLAs should beryllium held successful Dharmasthala to cognize the information astir who deceived the enactment by indulging successful cross-voting,” Mr. Vijayendra told media persons.
It whitethorn beryllium noted that the BJP-JD(S) harvester suffered a setback and a governmental embarrassment arsenic the JD(S) campaigner mislaid successful the Council polls, successful which 11 MLAs from the harvester indulged successful cross-voting and backed the ruling Congress.
While the BJP is yet to place the MLAs who cross-voted, speculation is rife that astatine slightest 4 of its members person violated the enactment whip asking them to ballot for the confederation candidate.
It whitethorn beryllium noted that the enactment has constituted a fact-finding committee led by C. T. Ravi, MLC, to look into the episode. But adjacent earlier the committee identifying those who indulged successful cross-voting, Mr. Vijayendra opting to “seek truth” astatine the pilgrimage centre has fixed emergence to governmental curiosity.
According to sources, Mr. Vijayendra is upset implicit the outrage, peculiarly connected societal media, towards the cross-voting occurrence arsenic immoderate sections, peculiarly his governmental detractors, person blamed him for the embarrassment. He is believed to person chosen this enactment arsenic a hopeless measurement to beryllium that helium has thing to bash with cross-voting.
Hinting astatine this, Mr. Vijayendra told the press, “I person seen the disapproval connected societal media. My conscience cannot judge cross-voting. But determination are efforts to indirectly onslaught (me) by utilizing this. The cross-voting occurrence has made radical uncertainty each the 63 MLAs of the party. I americium pained by this. I adjacent called up the enactment nationalist president and expressed my presumption that the contented should beryllium taken to its logical end. Mr. Ashok and I are going to Delhi to conscionable the enactment Central leaders successful this regard,” helium said.
