Congress appoints controversial Himachal MLA as Punjab poll in-charge
June 26, 2016 14:59
All India Congress Committee secretary and Himachal MLA Asha Kumari, who was convicted in a land-grab case in February, has been appointed in-charge of Punjab, replacing Kamal Nath who had to quit in wake of 1984 riots controversy.
Kumari, lawmaker from Dalhousie, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment in February this year in a case of grabbing of forest land in her constituency. She is out on bail.
Kumari, who is married in the royal family of Chamba, had once described Chief Minister Virbhadra Singhs choice as one between the devil and the deep sea.
amal Nath quit as general secretary in-charge of Punjab over his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said he did so to ensure that attention was not diverted from the issues affecting the state.
Kumari, lawmaker from Dalhousie, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment in February this year in a case of grabbing of forest land in her constituency. She is out on bail.
Kumari, who is married in the royal family of Chamba, had once described Chief Minister Virbhadra Singhs choice as one between the devil and the deep sea.
amal Nath quit as general secretary in-charge of Punjab over his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said he did so to ensure that attention was not diverted from the issues affecting the state.
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