Shimla: Hours after Congress observers DK Shivakumar and Bhupendra Hooda said that all was well in Himachal Pradesh party unit. They said this amidst the row over cross-voting by the ruling Congress party MLAs in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections. Disgruntled minister Vikramaditya Singh met the six Congress MLAs disqualified by the Speaker leaving the party high command in a tizzy.
Sources said that Cabinet Minister Vikramaditya Singh left for Chandigarh from Shimla on Thursday night. Singh is scheduled to visit Delhi today. Later, in the day, he will also visit Rajasthan capital Jaipur. On his way from Shimla to Chandigarh, he met the six MLAs who were disqualified from the Assembly after they cross-voted for BJP leader Harsh Mahajan in the Rajya Sabha election leading to the defeat of Congress veteran Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
The surprise meeting of Vikramaditya Singh, who had offered to resign after the Congress' shock defeat has triggered speculations in the political quarters leaving the Congress guessing over the next move of Vikramaditya Singh, the son of late Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
The resentment of the Virbhadra Singh's family is being attributed to the failure of the Congress government to build a statue of the late Chief Minister and Congress veteran. On Thursday, Feb 29, Congress observers—Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Hooda arrived in Shimla to hold talks with the disgruntled Congress leaders.
All eyes are now on Himachal Pradesh cabinet minister Vikramaditya Singh as he arrives in Delhi on Friday. He is also scheduled to visit Jaipur later in the day.
Meanwhile, CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who was on a visit to Kasauli assembly constituency of Solan district, some people have tried to topple the government as part of a conspiracy but he is not afraid of them. CM said, what good will an MLA who sells his honor do to the people of the assembly constituency? During this time, CM Sukhu also became emotional.
"When the time came to pass the budget, these people tried to steal our government. The leaders of BJP and those betraying Congress are like black snakes, they sold their trust. The six black snakes who betrayed us came under the protection of CRPF and Haryana. These MLAs used to do corruption through the back door but my government has put a halt to it," said CM Sukhu.
On Vikramaditya meeting rebel MLAS, CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that Minister Vikramaditya Singh talked to me before meeting the rebels and Vikramaditya said that the rebel MLAs want to come back to Congress. CM further said that he told Vikramaditya Singh to talk to the rebels and also go to Delhi and talk to the high command. CM Sukhu denied the news of deployment of a minister close to him behind the rebels and said that such
reports are baseless and there is no crisis for the government in the state.
