Three Independent MLAs from Himachal Pradesh, who recently resigned as legislators and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), staged a sit-in protest in Shimla on Saturday.
The three MLAs — Ashish Sharma, Hoshiyar Singh, and K.L. Thakur — picketed outside the State Assembly, protesting the non-acceptance of their resignations by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania.
Demanding that the Speaker accept their resignations immediately, they said that they had quit voluntarily, and were not under any pressure. Instead of accepting their resignations, the Speaker had issued notices to them, seeking an explanation of their actions, which they said was unjustified.
