Shimla, June 6 -- Himachal Pradesh agriculture minister Chander Kumar on Saturday termed the accusations made by his son and former MLA Neeraj Bharti against chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as "baseless and without facts."

Bharti resigned as vice-president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) on Thursday, submitting his resignation to state unit president Vinay Kumar and district president Anurag Sharma.

The move came hours after Sharma served him a show-cause notice for repeatedly criticising the state government on social media. The party accepted the resignation on Friday, and Bharti's social media accounts have since been blocked following a subsequent barrage of critical posts.

Addressing the media in Shimla, th...