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Rajasthan Minister Vishvendra Singh Quits Congress After Ticket Bias Allegations

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Former Rajasthan minister Vishvendra Singh resigned from the Congress party on Friday.
He quit two days after accusing state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra of ticket-distribution bias in Bharatpur and Deeg.
Singh alleged Dotasra used his education-minister role to give relatives 80 marks in the 2016 and 2018 RAS interviews.
Dotasra dismissed the claims as BJP propaganda and denied any party discord.

History

Historical Context

India’s 1994 Supreme Court judgment in S. R. Bommai v. Union of India, authored by Justice M. N. Kumar, barred arbitrary use of Article 356 after the Karnataka chief minister’s 1989 dismissal, reducing President’s rule in seven states. Today, Rajasthan MLA Vishvendra Singh quit over alleged 80-mark bias in 2016-18 RAS exams, reflecting the same intra-party tensions the Bommai ruling sought to curb.

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Story summary

Former Rajasthan minister Vishvendra Singh resigned from the Congress party on Friday.
He quit two days after accusing state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra of ticket-distribution bias in Bharatpur and Deeg.
Singh alleged Dotasra used his education-minister role to give relatives 80 marks in the 2016 and 2018 RAS interviews.
Dotasra dismissed the claims as BJP propaganda and denied any party discord.

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