Rifts widen in Himachal Congress: Transfer requests turns into face-off between agriculture minister Chander Kumar and ex-MLA son Neeraj Bharti

Time of India

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Shimla: A war of words has broken out between Himachal Pradesh agriculture minister Chander Kumar and his former MLA son, Neeraj Bharti, over transfer requests — a sign that differences within the rift-hit Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee are getting worse.
A day after former Congress MLA Bharti wrote in a social media post that he had advised his father to resign from the cabinet if he couldn't meet requests by Congress workers, Kumar clarified on Thursday that there was no reason to resign as the matter pertaining to "transfer and adjustment" had been resolved. The minister stated that Bharti is a "young man and sometimes speaks in anger". "There is no question of resignation.
This is our internal matter. BJP should worry about itself," he added.
The minister clarified that transfers were a "pandora's box in every department, especially in education". He said people, at times, got involved in such transfers and maligned the image of elected representatives as well as the govt. "I don't get involved in such acts. This is a criminal wastage of time," said the minister, adding that some Congress workers had also made such transfers their "profession".
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He added now it had become a norm for even a small party worker to hand over a list of transfer requests when he met the chief minister.
After the minister made this statement before the media, Bharti again took to Facebook on Thursday afternoon to express anger against his father. "The compulsion of the chair must be yours, not mine. I did not expect that you will humiliate me by giving such an interview. I am fighting this battle openly on social media because this is not my personal battle nor is it a battle of property, this is the battle of thousands and lakhs of Congress workers and this cannot happen in a closed room," added Bharti.
The former MLA went on to mention that if the transfers of BJP members were not cancelled, even if he was alone, he would fight openly against his father and the Congress govt. "Honourable minister sahab, transfers in Himachal Pradesh are also a part of the politics of Himachal Pradesh. When you are in the opposition and the employees associated with your party are transferred to far-off places and you are out of power, you tell them that when the govt comes, we will adjust you, now you somehow spend your time.
But when our govt comes, to save their lives, leaders like you give such statements, especially those of Congress, that we have not become MLA or minister for transfers and we do not give importance to transfers," wrote Bharti. The former MLA added that BJP members' requests for transfers were being accepted, but those who openly supported his father in the elections had not been transferred yet.