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Indian Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh offered to resign from the government following his controversial tweet expressing disgust after attending a Pakistan Day ceremony.
Quoting top sources, Times Now reported the minister offered to tender his resignation.
The move comes a day after Congress leader Manish Tewaritold the former Indian army chief to quit instead of expressing disgust.
Read: Quit instead of expressing disgust, Congress tells VK Singh
Tewari added that in the past, ministers refused to attend Pakistani events.
“When duty becomes a burden, the honourable thing to do is to put in your papers,” Tewari later told a news agency, according to Zee News. “He is under no obligation to perform a duty which disgusts him.”
Read: Indian minister expresses ‘disgust’ after attending Pakistan Day reception
Singh, who was at the event for only a few minutes, appeared uncomfortable while sitting next to the Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit.
Pak National Day celebrations: V K Singh at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/ONMwuFtbbp
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2015
A little while after attending the event, Singh tweeted with the hashtag ‘Disgust’, hinting that he might have been unhappy at being deputed to it.
#DISGUST
— Gen VK Singh(MODI KA PARIWAR) (@Gen_VKSingh) March 23, 2015
To offend the moral sense, principles, or taste of
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