SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Governor, Virender Verma resigned on Jan.27, apparently to preempt Center’s move to remove him from the office. The Governor sent his resignation to the President, Dr.Shankar Dayal Sharma on Wednesday morning, with a specific request to relieve, him to the earliest. He said, copies of his resignation have also been sent to the Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao and Union Home Minister, S.B. Chavan. The Governor said, he had resigned from the post on his own. “There was no pressure from the Prime Minister. I faxed the resignation around 11:05 a.m.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 5, 1993
