Mandi, August 19: In a oblique reference to his old arch rival in the party Sukh Ram, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh condemned the culture of “Aya ram- gaya ram”.
Targeting his detractors within the party the Chief Minister said that he is a Congress man and will remain so. Without naming anyone, Virbhadra said that he is unlike others, who shun party for self gains. He said, “I am not Aya ram-gaya ram.
”Sukh Ram had left the Congress and gave a chance to the BJP to form the government in year 1998. Sukh Ram parted ways with the Congress and formed his own party Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC). However, he later merged the HVC with the Congress.
Virbhadra also targeted the BJP over Kotkhai gang rape issue and said the party had tried to politicise the issue for political gains.Addressing the party workers former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram said that he brought a revolution in telecommunication sector across the nation which benefited Himachal Pradesh immensely.
“Earlier BJP had no influence in the state but it was in the year 1998 when I gave support of my party HVC that the BJP succeeded in forming the government.” He added that the BJP should not forget that it was a Congress man, who gave the BJP a chance to come in to power in the state.
Sourced from tribuneindia.com
