The six rebels — Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma and Devinder Kumar Bhutto — were disqualified for defying a Congress whip to be present in the House and vote in favour of the Himachal Pradesh government during the cut motion and budget.
Beneficiary schemes announced by the Sukhu government in Himachal Pradesh have been put on hold. As soon as the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections came into force, the Election Office has stopped the implementation of all such schemes whose beneficiaries are currently applying for benefits under these schemes.