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FIR against former CM, seven Congress leaders lodged
Shimla, Aug 19: Police lodged an FIR against former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh and seven other Congress leaders in connection with the violence that broke out over enlisting the support of a lone independent MLA who held the key to ministry formation in Himachal Pradesh following a fractured mandate four and half years ago.
Shimla, Aug 19: Police lodged an FIR against former
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh and seven
other Congress leaders in connection with the violence that
broke out over enlisting the support of a lone independent MLA
who held the key to ministry formation in Himachal Pradesh
following a fractured mandate four and half years ago.
Besides Singh, now leader of the opposition, the FIR was
filed Saturday against Congress MLSs Harsh Mahajan, Asha
Kumari, Viplov Thakur, Chander Kumar and G S Bali and Sagar
Prashar and Ajay Sharma charging them with hatching a
conspiracy to abduct independent MLA Ramesh Dhawala to secure
his support to form the government.
The support of Romesh Dhawala, now irrigation and public
health minister in P K Dhumal cabinet, had become crucial for
ministry-making as rival contenders for power congress and
BJP-Himachal Vikas Congress Alliance, tied with 32 MLAs each,
could reach majority mark in the hung house.
The FIR was lodged on the basis of an one-member inquiry
commission report constituted by BJP-led government in
September 1999. The report was submitted on Dec 31,2001.
The 25-page report of the commission had severely indicted the eight leaders for the violent incidents near Ghora Chowki bus stand and PWD rest house near Raj Bhawan between March four and March 12, 1998.
Bureau Report
The 25-page report of the commission had severely indicted the eight leaders for the violent incidents near Ghora Chowki bus stand and PWD rest house near Raj Bhawan between March four and March 12, 1998.
Bureau Report