Shimla: After having six of its MLAs aligning with the BJP within the Rajya Sabha elections and the Opposition urgent for a division of votes to go the state finances, the disaster inside the Congress celebration in Himachal Pradesh has deepened with Vikramaditya Singh, the general public works division (PWD) minister and son of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, tendering his resignation from the cupboard Wednesday.
Holding a press convention, flanked by two MLAs — Nand Lal and Mohan lal Brakta (chief parliamentary secretary) — Vikramaditya stated that a number of deliberate makes an attempt had been made by the Congress to humiliate him and a few legislators.
Throughout the press convention, he broke down, saying that the federal government has didn’t allot a small chunk of land for a statue of Virbhadra Singh on the Ridge in Shimla. “Messages were sent to my department to undermine us. It is a fact that MLAs have been sidelined in the past one year. I have raised this issue many times,” he stated.
“I have always respected the leadership and the CM and contributed toward running the government with due discipline. I can tell you with 100 percent conviction that in the last one year as a minister in the Congress Government, we have supported the government with all our strength,” he added.
Nevertheless, Vikramaditya has clarified that he’s within the Congress and never going anyplace.
“In the times to come, I will hold deliberations with my people, supporters, and well-wishers. After due discussions, we will decide on future course of action.”
He had additionally spoken to Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday evening and apprised her of the state of affairs in Himachal, stated a senior Congress chief. “Vikramaditya Singh has expressed his inability to work with the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and urged her to initiate steps to save the government in the hill state,” the celebration chief advised ThePrint.
This blow comes at a time when the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) is demanding a division of votes within the Meeting to go the state’s finances.
Vikramaditya is a two-time MLA and chief of the previous CM Virbhadra’s loyalist faction within the state. His resignation has worsened the state of affairs for the Congress within the state, which is attempting to avoid wasting the celebration’s lone authorities in North India.
(Edited by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri)
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