SHIMLA, May 11 -- Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Saturday retracted complaints of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against him for sharing the stage with Congress leaders. He said that the speaker is an elected person and represents a certain ideology.

"When I sit inside the chamber I enjoy the executive powers, and the powers which are entrusted to me by the Constitution and administrative powers are subject to judicial scrutiny," said Kuldeep Singh Pathania talking to the media.

"We all are independent in all spheres and there is a check and balance on each one of us. My domain is different, I am working under the Constitution. Six legislators approached the Supreme Court. Later, they withdrew the appl...