Chandigarh: It seems that Congress will never learn from the past mistakes and making one misstake after another. A fortnight after the party took flak for naming Kamal Nath as its general secretary in charge of the state, it kicked up a storm again by appointing Himachal Pradesh MLA Asha Kumari as his replacement. Kumari is convicted by a Chamba court in a land grab case and is currently on bail.
Nath's appointment was criticized for his alleged role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Kumari, an MLA from Dalhousie, was named after Nath stepped down on June 15 following public outcry. Kumari was accused of illegally transferring 60 bigha of forest land belonging to the government in the name of her husband, Brijender Singh, 18 years ago. Singh belongs to the royal family of Chamba. She had to resign as minister after the court had framed charges against her. Asha Kumari said, “Regarding the charges against me, the case pertains to land owned by my father-in-law and has been under litigation even before my marriage. There was an adverse order from the lower court that has been suspended by the high court while admitting my appeal. It's my famil's property and not something I got using influence as a politician. I am my husband's wife and I can't wish it away.”
AAP spokesperson Himmat Singh Shergill said Kumari's appointment shows the Congress has no leader left with a clean image to take charge of Punjab. BJP said Congress doesn't have any clean faces.
