Shimla, Feb 28,
As political drama continues to unfold in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, even PWD minister Vikramditya Singh has offered to resign from his post as a minister. Addressing a media conference here in the capital town the son for six time Chief Minister late Virbhadra Singh resigned. He stated that i have not resigned from the party but only offered to resign from my post as PWD minister, he clarified.
He said that he always kept within his boundaries, and even kept the faith of the party alive by standing by it in all times. Even in days to come, I shall continue standing with the party mandate, he assured. However, in the current times, it will not be good to be a part of this government and therefore has resigned, he justified.
He stated that the State government ignored the priorities of the MLAs, which has hurt him and therefore has resigned. Moreover what happened yesterday (on tuesday) needs to be thought about, and in such circumstances he was forced to resign from the post.
While almost crying in an open house he stated that the man because of whom the party was voted to power could not even get two yards of land in the capital city for a idol. “We were not given regard, as deserved, which has hurt my emotions as a son,” stated Singh.
He added that as a son it was not taken in good vein, and have voiced concerns to the party high command, who may take notice soon.
Earlier on Tuesday due to cross voting by six Congress party MLAs, Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost the Rajya Sabha polls. Both contesting candidates got 4 votes each, and later the decision was taken through a draw of a slip, in which luck favoured BJP, which won.
On Tuesday in a political high voltage drama six Congress MLAs including Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Inderdut Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma and Devinder Bhuto voted against the party candidate. They reportedly violating the assembly whip as they didn’t remain in the assembly during discussion on the financial bill and quorum of the house was not complete. Speaker adjourned the house after lunch amidst the drama and later assembly adjourned for day.
Noteworthy that during the media conference the PWD minister was accompanied by Virbhdra Loyalist who are elected MLAs.
News is also arriving that the Congress party has suspended 5 MLAs who cross voted against the official candidate.
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