Former Rajasthan Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh with ex-CM Ashok Gehlot. Picture Credit score: X@ashokgehlot51
Former Rajasthan Minister Vishvendra Singh on Friday (October 2, 2026) introduced that he was leaving the Congress, two days after launching a pointy assault on celebration State president Govind Singh Dotasra over the current city native physique elections.
Mr. Singh, a member of the erstwhile Bharatpur royal household, introduced his choice in a social media publish, saying he was guided by his conscience and was damage by statements made by some celebration leaders.
Nevertheless, there was no speedy affirmation from the Congress on whether or not Mr. Singh had formally submitted his resignation.
“I’ve all the time taken selections in my life by listening to my revered Giriraj Maharaj and my interior voice,” Mr. Singh mentioned.
He mentioned statements made by some “petty and so-called leaders” had angered his supporters and left him damage.
“If talking the reality and never supporting what’s unsuitable and false are sins, I’ll commit one each time. I neither do unsuitable nor tolerate unsuitable,” he mentioned.
Mr. Singh mentioned he had devoted his life to the celebration however may not go forward together with “unsuitable insurance policies”.
“As an alternative of dying of suffocation, it’s higher to die with self-respect,” Mr. Singh mentioned.
The event comes amid a public confrontation between Mr. Singh and sections of the State Congress. Mr. Singh earlier blamed the Congress’s Bharatpur and Deeg district presidents for the celebration’s efficiency within the civic polls, alleging that tickets have been distributed to favourites whereas real employees have been sidelined.
Congress gained 3,613 wards out of the whole declared wards within the civic physique polls, in comparison with the BJP’s 4,179 wards.
He subsequently focused Mr. Dotasra instantly and demanded his resignation, apart from in search of an investigation into allegations referring to recruitment examinations and advantages allegedly obtained by members of the PCC chief’s household.
Mr. Dotasra on Thursday (October 1) rejected ideas of a rift within the Congress and described experiences of variations as a part of the BJP’s “toolkit”.
“There isn’t a discord amongst us. That is the BJP’s toolkit. The BJP spreads propaganda and tries to point out that there are variations inside the Congress,” Mr. Dotasra had mentioned.
Mr. Singh is a former Deeg-Kumher MLA in Rajasthan Meeting who served as Tourism Minister within the earlier Ashok Gehlot authorities. He contested however misplaced 2023 Meeting election.
Printed – October 02, 2026 02:00 pm IST