Congress central observers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and D K Shivakumar held meetings with party MLAs in Shimla, but the six rebel legislators who cross-voted during the Rajya Sabha polls were not present. The rebel MLAs had already left for Panchkula before the observers arrived. Feedback was taken from the MLAs during the meetings. Some rebels are in contact with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the Congress high command.