Amid the political drama in Himachal Pradesh with the Congress dropping the Rajya Sabha election regardless of having a full majority authorities as six of its legislators cross-voted, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is alleged to be “trying over” all the episode. Encashing the dissent of the Himachal royals, and utilizing his relationship with them, Singh, who was being thought-about as ‘sidelined’ in Congress, sources say, has been tasked to take care of Himachal Pradesh.
Notably, Captain Singh resigned from Congress in 2021 after greater than 4 a long time within the occasion. The next yr, he launched his personal occasion, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC), and later merged the identical with the BJP earlier than he himself joined the saffron aspect.
“Being (the) former Punjab Chief Minister and having relationships with Himachal royals made him an ideal alternative for the occasion (BJP) for this job,” mentioned an individual, who’s near the occasion, on circumstances of anonymity.
It’s understood that Captain facilitated the return of 1 Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA into the group of six. He additionally facilitated the frequent chopper runs of the six MLAs to Punjab and again. Moreover, it’s evident that the three impartial MLAs, who contributed to the political turmoil within the Himalayan hill state, have been immediately related to the previous Punjab Chief Minister.
Because the royal household had been sidelined and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was made the Chief Minister by Congress, the BJP sniffed dissent within the grand outdated occasion and tasked Captain Amarinder Singh to “do the needful”.
In truth, the Captain had been on the duty for a lot of months, and it was suspected by Congress as nicely. An ‘actionable’ was ready by the Congress practically 15 days earlier than however no motion in any way was taken, sources knowledgeable India Right now.
Curiously, there’s a household connection between a key particular person on the centre of the Himachal Pradesh political drama and Captain Amarinder Singh. Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son and Congress chief Vikramaditya Singh introduced his resignation on Wednesday (February 28) and mentioned that there have been makes an attempt to “humiliate and undermine” him from some quarters.
One in all Virbhadra Singh’s 5 daughters is married to Captain Amarinder Singh’s grandson. Aparajitha Singh is married to Angad Singh, the son of Captain Amarinder’s Singh’s daughter Jai Inder Kaur, who’s married to Delhi-based businessman Gurpal Singh.
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