Congress removes 'rebel' Himachal Pradesh leader Sudhir Sharma from party secretary's post

The Congress today (March 6) removed Sudhir Sharma, one of the six-party MLAs in Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the February 27 Rajya Sabha polls, from the post of its secretary.

In a release, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said party president Mallikarjun Kharge has removed Sharma from the post of secretary with immediate effect. Sharma is a senior leader from Dharamshala and a former Himachal Pradesh minister. He was recently disqualified as an MLA for defying a party whip.

Sudhir Sharma replies to Congress

After his removal, Sudhir Sharma posted on X and said, "I have been relieved as if the entire burden was on my shoulders."

He wrote a long post on his social media account.

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