Shimla, June 2: The state in charge of BJP Mangal Pandey, who was on a visit to Dharamsala, attacked Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. He said that Virbhadra Singh would not resign as Chief Minister even if he was sentenced to jail.
BJP state in charge went a step further. He said, “Virbhadra Singh was like a demon in a Dev Bhumi”. The Chief Minister has been using the official helicopter of the state and spending lakhs on trips to Delhi. He was taking trips to Delhi to fight cases against him and not for the welfare of the state. It was wastage of public funds, he said.
When asked about the probability of Union Minister for Health JP Nadda being projected as a CM candidate for the forthcoming Assembly elections, Mangal Pandey refused to comment.
The veteran BJP leader and party MP from Kangra, Shanta Kumar also said that the Chief Minister should resign due to various cases registered against him. Corruption was a culture in Congress and other leaders in party from state like Sukh Ram and Asha Kumari have also been sentenced by courts in corruption cases. The present state government has lost the mandate to rule due to rampant corruption, which were bringing bad name to the state, Shanta Kumar said.
Mangal Pandey, who was on his first visit to Dharamsala after taking over as state in charge of the party, was welcomed by the party leaders led by former minister Kishan Kapoor at the Kachehri crossing thursday morning. Later he held meeting of party workers in Dari.During the meeting, Mangal Pandey urged party workers to sink their differences and work unitedly to ensure BJP victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections. The sources here said that Mangal Pandey was gathering information from the workers at the ground level regarding the winning ability of various candidates.
Besides Kishan Kapoor, former minister and Shahpur MLA, Sarween Chaudhary and former MLA Sanjay Chaudhary were also present in the workers meeting.Mangal Pandey had visited Nurpur and Jawali areas on Wednesday, where he had met the warring factions of the BJP.
Source Tribune India
