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
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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.
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.
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.
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.