Everything is possible in politics, all doors are open: Vikramaditya Singh on meeting Congress rebels

PTI

Shimla, March 6

All doors stay open in politics, Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said on Wednesday, days after meeting the state's rebel Congress MLAs who were disqualified from the Assembly under the anti-defection law.

The six Congress rebels had cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha election last week, leading to the defeat of the party's official candidate. This triggered a crisis, prompting the party's central leadership to rush a team of observers. Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania disqualified the six MLAs for allegedly defying a party whip on voting for the state Budget.

Asked about the possibility of the rebels returning to the party fold, the public works department minister said, "Everything is possible in politics and all doors are open."

Singh recently met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, after holding talks with the six rebel MLAs in Panchkula. "I was officially assigned the responsibility of meeting the rebels and have done my duty," he said here.

"Appraising the Congress high command of the current situation was my moral duty, which I have fulfilled, and now, the ball is in their court...," Singh said.

"I have conveyed the views of the Congress rebels to the high command and vice-versa," he added. 

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