Jammu & Kashmir Congress chief Vikramaditya Singh quits occasion, cites disconnect

By Express News Service

SRINAGAR: In a setback to Congress, senior occasion chief Vikramaditya Singh, who’s son of veteran Congress chief Karan Singh and grandson of final Dogra ruler of Jammu & Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, on Tuesday resigned from the Congress saying the occasion is disconnected with the bottom realities and unable to replicate sentiments and aspirations of J&Ok individuals.

In his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Singh stated, “It is my belief that the Congress is unable to realise and reflect the sentiments and aspirations of people of Jammu and Kashmir.” He additionally tweeted the copy of his resignation letter.

Singh, who had unsuccessfully contested in opposition to senior BJP chief and Union minister Jitendra Singh from Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat in 2019 parliamentary elections, stated his place on crucial points vis-à-vis Jammu & Kashmir, which replicate nationwide pursuits, don’t align with that of the Congress occasion. 

Singh’s resignation comes as a giant jolt to the Congress as he was a distinguished face of the occasion in Jammu area.

He is weighing his political choices and there’s a chance that he might be a part of the BJP. He was among the many first Congress leaders in Jammu to welcome the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. His youthful brother Ajatshatru Singh is a senior BJP chief in J&Ok.

Singh had joined the Congress in 2018. In October 2017, he had resigned from PDP and as MLC over variations with the occasion after the Mehbooba Mufti authorities didn’t declare a authorities vacation on the birthday of his grandfather (the final Maharaja of J&Ok).