Rebel Congress MLA Rana Calls CM Sukhu 'Liar Number 1', Says He Has 'Lost His Mind'

Dubbing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as “liar number one”, Congress rebel Rajinder Rana on Saturday said that “neither Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh had told Sukhu that he is meeting the Congress rebels at Panchkula nor he had sent him.” In an exclusive interview with PTI, Rana said the chief minister was trying to twist the facts and Vikramaditya Singh, who met them on his way to Delhi, did not ask them to come back or patch up. “More MLAs are coming and the Congress government is going,” as Congress MLAs are feeling suffocated by the dictatorial style of functioning of Chief Minister Sukhu, who has put Himachal on the back gear, said Rana, who had changed the political scenario in the state by defeating former CM P K Dhumal in 2017 assembly polls. Ruling out any possibility of returning to the Congress, Rana said that “after the observers said that Sukhu would continue as the chief minister, there is no scope for compromise”. Referring to the “black snakes” remark of chief minister, Rana said that Sukhu has “lost his mental balance” and his claims that the government is stable is false, and asked if the chief minister is sure of his majority, why the security of some Congress MLAs have been beefed up and alleged that efforts are on to “lure” the MLAs.