Rampur/Shimla (HP), Nov 12 (PTI) Former Himachal Pradesh minister and a six-time MLA from Rampur Assembly constituency, Singhi Ram, resigned from the BJP on Thursday amid speculation that he may rejoin the Congress.
Singhi Ram, who submitted his resignation to state BJP president Rajeev Bindal, said he decided to end ties with the party as he felt uncomfortable within it.
Though the leader has not yet declared his plan to join any party, political circles are abuzz with speculation that he may return to the Congress, as four-time MLA Nand Lal, who represented Rampur, died on November 3 after a brief illness.
Singhi Ram had served as a Congress MLA from the Rampur seat in Shimla district from 1982 to 2007. During this period, he held several significant responsibilities within both the party organisation and the state government.
Singhi Ram, a law graduate, resigned from government service in 1982 to join politics. He won elections for the first time from Rampur in 1982 and retained the seat in 1985, 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2003. He was inducted as Horticulture and Food Civil Supplies Minister in 2004.
He was denied the ticket in 2007, and Nand Lal, who replaced him, won from the seat in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
Singhi Ram revolted against the Congress party and unsuccessfully contested the Assembly polls in 2017 but lost. He was soon expelled from the party, following which he joined the BJP in April 2019. PTI COR BPL RUK
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