Congress leader Virbhadra Singh resigns as Himachal CM

Shimla: A day after the party’s defeat in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, Congress leader Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday tendered his resignation as Chief Minister and that of the Council of Ministers to Governor Acharya Devvrat here.

The Governor has accepted the resignation and requested him to continue in office along with his Council of Ministers to discharge the functions till an



alternative arrangement is made or the new government is formed, a statement said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wrested power from the Congress, winning close to a two-thirds majority with 44 seats in its kitty in the 68-member assembly.

But BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal and state party chief Satpal Satti faced humiliating defeats.