Bengaluru: Chief Whip of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday issued a show cause notice to Yeshwantpur MLA ST Somashekar in the backdrop of his cross-voting and Yellapur MLA Shivaram Hebbar for abstaining from voting during the recently concluded Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka.
Earlier in the day, opposition chief whip, Doddana Gowda Patil issued separate show cause notices to both MLA’s seeking an answer by May 5.
The BJP has accused ST Somashekar of violating the party’s conduct by allegedly casting cross votes in the Rajya Sabha elections held on February 26. It is claimed that despite being instructed to vote for the BJP candidate, Narayanasa Bhanda, Somashekar voted for the Congress candidate.
Shivram Hebbar of Yellapur Constituency was absent from voting, citing illness. He explained that he did not participate in the vote due to poor health. However, the BJP disputes this explanation and alleges that Hebbar visited the Hilton Resort, where Congress MLAs were staying, in a car belonging to Congress MLA Ranganath on the day before the polls.
