Politics
Vishvendra Singh quits Congress after Dotasra fight
The Indian Express··2 Oct
Former Rajasthan minister Vishvendra Singh announced Friday that he has resigned from the Congress. He said it was better to die with self-respect than suffocation after accusing state president Govind Singh Dotasra of sidelining workers. Dotasra on Thursday called talk of discord BJP propaganda. Singh, from Bharatpur's erstwhile royal family, was a Gehlot-era Cabinet minister.
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What It Means For You
- Bharatpur-Deeg Congress workers lose a three-term MP-MLA voice who quit the party today.
- Local body poll ticket fights in those districts are now a public intra-party dispute on record.
- Singh's exit follows his September 30 posts blaming district presidents and Dotasra for electoral losses.
What's Happening
- Singh posted that baseless statements by small-time so-called leaders had angered his workers.
- He had alleged Dotasra misused power to benefit family members and asked the high command to act.
- Dotasra said there is no discord and called the narrative a BJP toolkit.
Singh's Path Through Parties
- He was first a Janata Dal Lok Sabha MP from Bharatpur in 1989, then a Congress MLA in 1993.
- He won Bharatpur for the BJP in 1999 and 2004 before returning as a Congress MLA in 2013 and 2018.
- In 2020 he was removed as tourism minister after the Sachin Pilot rebellion and related FIRs.
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