Shimla, June 6 -- In a fresh development amid his growing confrontation with the Congress leadership in Himachal Pradesh, former Congress MLA Neeraj Bharti's Facebook account has reportedly been blocked, a day after he resigned from the post of Vice-President of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC).

The HPCC on Friday accepted the resignation of former Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Neeraj Bharti from the post of Vice-President of the state party unit.

The development comes against the backdrop of Bharti's increasingly sharp criticism of both the state government and the party organisation. Bharti has been posting a series of comments on social media targeting the Congress leadership and raising several allegations regard...