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Shanta Kumar resigns from Cabinet
Onkar Singh in New Delhi |
April 06, 2003 21:03 IST
Union Minister for Rural Development Shanta Kumar on Sunday evening submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who forwarded it to President A P J Abdul Kalam for acceptance.
"He has resigned, though officially the party has not been intimated," Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told rediff.com
Kumar had blamed the non-performance of the Prem Kumar Dhumal government for the defeat of the BJP in the Himachal Pradesh election.
"We have to accept the verdict. I congratulate the Congress," he had said on March 1, the day the results were declared in the state.
Dhumal in turn had alleged that Kumar's wife had campaigned against party candidates in several constituencies.
Asked if Kumar had been asked to resign for openly criticising the Dhumal government, Naqvi said that could be the only reason.
At a party convention in Indore on Friday, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu had said that some people had got away with indiscipline.
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Sub: Shanta kumars resignation
I feel that there is a need of disciplne within the party and perhaps Mr venkaiha naidu needs to be more vigilant in such matters ...
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Sub: shanta kumar quits cabinet
I will appreciate if all the leaders of State BJP get together and analyse the malady of the party instead of gunning for surviving leaders. ...
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