Ex Himachal Minister Quits BJP After Party Gives Ticket To Congress Rebel
NDTV
Hours after the BJP announced assembly tickets to all the six former Congress MLAs disqualified from the House, Ram Lal Markanda quit the party and announced that he will contest the bypoll from Lahaul and Spiti, possibly as a Congress candidate.
Former Himachal Pradesh minister and BJP leader from Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituency, Ram Lal Markanda, on Tuesday quit the party to protest the fielding of Congress rebel Ravi Thakur who had defeated him on the seat in the last assembly election.
Hours after the BJP announced assembly tickets to all the six former Congress MLAs disqualified from the House, Ram Lal Markanda quit the party and announced that he will contest the bypoll from Lahaul and Spiti, possibly as a Congress candidate.
All office-bearers of the BJP's Lahaul and Spiti block unit also resigned against the party's decision and pledged support to Ram Lal Markanda, saying they will support him in the byelection.
