Himachal cabinet recommends dissolution of assembly
Shimla, Dec 21 (IANS) A day after Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal submitted his resignation to Governor Urmila Singh, the state cabinet Friday recommended dissolution of the state assembly.
The state cabinet, at its meeting here, passed a resolution recommending the dissolution of the 68-member assembly.
Admitting defeat, Dhumal told reporters Friday that he submitted his resignation immediately after the results were announced.
A spokesperson for Raj Bhavan told IANS that the governor was out of town and is expected back late Friday.
Meanwhile, Dhumal blamed the poor selection of candidates for the BJP's defeat in the assembly polls, the results of which were declared Thursday.
"There was a problem on the
selection of some candidates and the party will shortly analyse to find
out where we went wrong," Dhumal said.
The Congress secured 36 seats and the BJP 26 seats, while independents and others bagged six seats.
Prominent losers of the BJP
included former ministers Narender Bragta (Jubbal-Kotkhai constituency),
Kishan Kapoor (Dharamsala), Khimi Ram (Banjar) and Ramesh Dhawala
(Jawalamukhi).
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