Himachal CM’s son expresses regret over violence outside BJP office in Shimla

He said, “I am ready to face any inquiry. We have photographs and video clips to show that Youth Congress was not at fault. It’s sure, I will certainly come out clean of the charges of engineering the violence. Still, I am extending deep regrets for the happening”.

During the day, Vikramaditya Singh was granted an interim anticipatory bail from a local court till February 4.

He has been accused of rioting and tresspassing by the BJP in its complaint lodged at Boileu Ganj police station on Wednesday. The BJP held protests and demonstrations across the state to seek his arrest and an independent probe into the violence.

Meanwhile, admitting that his father has disapproved of his ‘misadventure’ and told him to put a lid on it, Vikramaditya promised not to lead any such protest in future.

Top BJP leaders including Prem Kumar Dhumal and BJP state president Satpal Satti had met Governor Kalyan Singh and sought dismissal of the Congress government, apart from an inquiry by sitting High Court judge into purported ‘attack’ on the BJP office on the pretext of holding ‘peaceful’ demonstration against the Centre’s Land Acquisition Ordinance .