Meet Vikramaditya Singh, the royal who turns Congress rebel in Himachal Pradesh

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Vikramaditya Singh, resigned from his ministerial post, deepening the crisis for the Congress-led government in the state, a day after it lost the Rajya Sabha elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) despite having a clear majority. Singh said he quit because the voices of MLAs were being stifled in the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government for the last one year. Vikramaditya Singh was born on October 17, 1989, to the royal Rajput family of the princely state of Bushahr.

Thirty-four-year-old Singh is the son of former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, late Virbhadra Singh, arguably the tallest leader in the hill state. Singh also accused Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of disrespecting his father, who had been the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh six times. Singh's mother, Pratibha Singh, is a Member of Parliament from Mandi's Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh.

His sister, Abhilasha Kumari, is a former judge and a member of the Judicial Member of the Lokpal Committee of India. On July 10, 2021, two days after his father's death, Vikramaditya Singh was crowned the titular king of the erstwhile princely state of Bushahr during a private ceremony at Padam Palace in Rampur. After his early schooling at Shimla's Bishop Cotton School, Vikramaditya did his graduation and post-graduation in History from Delhi University.

He did his Bachelor's in History from Hansraj College, Delhi and Master's from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Vikramaditya Singh is the MLA from Shimla Rural constituency.

His political journey started in 2013 when he associated himself with the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee. He was elected as Himachal Pradesh State Youth Congress president in 2013. In 2017, he won from Shimla Rural