Shimla, Apr 12(Agencies): Days after the Congress fielded Aashray Sharma, son of Himachal pradesh power minister Anil Sharma as its candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, Anil Sharma resigned from his post today.
Anil Sharma has been under pressure from the BJP after his father, former Union minister Sukh Ram quit the BJP and joined the Congress along with Aashray Sharma.
He refused to campaign for the BJP candidate who is contesting against his son for the Lok Sabha seat, and even suggested that he was willing to quit the ministry over it.
Sharma told reporters that though he has now resigned from the ministry he remains with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the BJP MLA from the Mandi segment of the Lok Sabha constituency and the party expected him to campaign for its candidate Ramswaroop Sharma.
Sharma had said he will keep away from Mandi and will campaign neither for his son nor the BJP candidate.