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5 MLAs Named for Cross Voting in Rajya Sabha Elections, Show Cause Notice Soon
Samira Vishwas | March 18, 2026 8:24 PM CST

Haryana Congress crisis, Rajya Sabha elections 2026 cross voting: Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana The political turmoil within the Congress has now come to the fore. Senior party leader BK Hariprasad has revealed in the press conference the names of those five MLAs who are accused of cross voting.

BK Hariprasad told that Shaili Chaudhary from Narayangarh, Mohammad Ilyas from Punhana, Mohammad Israel from Hathin, Renu Bala from Sadaura and MLA Jarnail Singh. Rajya Sabha elections I voted against the party line. He clearly said that information about this matter has been given to the party’s disciplinary committee and show cause notices will soon be sent to all these MLAs.

What was the effect of cross voting?

  • In fact, after the Rajya Sabha elections held in Haryana, there is a continuous round of allegations and counter-allegations going on within the Congress. Some party MLAs were accused of cross voting, which affected the results.
  • Meanwhile, news of rejection of four votes also came out, which further increased the controversy.
  • MLA Gokul Setia’s name had also come up in this entire matter, but he completely rejected these allegations and called it ‘fake news’. Not only this, they sat on a dharna outside the Congress office in Chandigarh and demanded that the names of the MLAs who betrayed the party should be made public and action should be taken against them.
  • However, later senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda intervened and handled the situation. He convinced Gokul Setia and Manju Choudhary to end the protest and gave a clean chit to both of them.
  • Now after the disclosure of the names by BK Hariprasad, there are indications that disciplinary action will be intensified in Congress.
  • It is believed that the party leadership can take a strict stance in this matter and take action against the guilty MLAs, so that such incidents can be prevented in future.

Let us tell you that in the Rajya Sabha elections, Congress’s Karmaveer Singh Boudh and BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia won from Haryana. At the same time, BJP supported independent candidate Satish Nandal had to face defeat.


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