BJP dumps Union Minister Vijay Sampla; he terms it ‘cow slaughter’

Chandigarh: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday chose to dump Union Minister of State Vijay Sampla for the Hoshiarpur (SC) Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, Sampla reacted strongly calling the party’s decision a “cow slaughter”.

“Bahut dukh hua, Bhajpa (BJP) ne gau hatya kar di (It is very sad, the BJP has committed cow slaughter),” Sampla tweeted in Hindi.

बहुत दुख हुआ भाजपा ने गऊ हत्या कर दी।

— Vijay Sampla (@thevijaysampla) April 23, 2019

The BJP announced the name of sitting legislator and former civil servant Som Prakash to contest the Hoshiarpur seat this time.

Sampla had won the Hoshiarpur seat in the 2014 general elections by a margin of over 13,500 votes against his Congress rival Mohinder Singh Kaypee.

Sampla further tweeted (in Hindi): “Someone should tell my fault. What wrong have I done? There is no corruption charge against me. No one can point a finger at my conduct. I got an airport in my area, got trains, got roads constructed. If this is the fault, then I will tell my future generations not to repeat such mistakes.”

कोई दोष तो बता देते ?
मेरी ग़लती क्या है कि :-
1. मुझ पर भ्रष्टाचार का कोई इल्ज़ाम नहीं है।
2.आचरण पर कोई ऊँगली नहीं उठा सकता ।
3. क्षेत्र में एयरपोर्ट बनवाया । रेल गाड़ियाँ चलाई । सड़के बनवाई ।
अगर यही दोष है तो मैं अपनी आने वाली पीडीयों को समझा दुंगा कि वह ऐसी ग़लतियाँ न करें।

— Vijay Sampla (@thevijaysampla) April 23, 2019

Sampla remained the Punjab BJP chief from April 2016 till March 2018.

The Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance got a drubbing in the Punjab Assembly elections in February 2017 when Sampla was the state BJP President. However, he continued on the post for one year after the debacle.

Published on: April 23, 2019 at 22:01 IST

IANS