VK Singh offers to resign following Pakistan Day row

Move comes a day after Congress leader told former Indian army chief to quit instead of expressing disgust

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
To offend the moral sense, principles, or taste of

— Gen VK Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) March 23, 2015