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Sahib Singh Verma DTC Bus Story: In politics, after leaving the post of Chief Minister, one often bids farewell to the vehicle of power. But, the story of Sahib Singh Verma’s farewell was different. After resigning from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998, he left behind the government trappings and set out for his native village Mundka by DTC bus. This incident is counted among the most popular stories of his simplicity and image to common people.

In such a situation, let us know in detail her journey from taking oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi to leaving the post and how she left the government car and chose a DTC bus to go home. Sahib Singh Verma’s journey to becoming the Chief Minister of Delhi Sahib Singh Verma had won the Shalimar Bagh seat in the 1993 Delhi Assembly elections and became a minister in the government of Madan Lal Khurana. After Khurana’s resignation, the BJP legislature party chose him as its leader and in February 1996, Sahib Singh Verma became the CM of Delhi. His tenure lasted till 12 October 1998. A major focus of Sahib Singh’s politics as CM was on the villages and rural areas of Delhi. He emphasized on development and increasing community facilities in rural areas.

Onion price snatched away the CM’s chair from Sahib Singh Verma: According to reports, there was a huge jump in onion prices in the year 1998. During that period the price of onion had reached around Rs 60 per kg. Opposition pressure started increasing on the BJP government regarding inflation and Verma’s government also came under target. Amidst this political pressure, on 12 October 1998, Sahib Singh Verma resigned from the post of CM. After him, the responsibility of the post of CM of Delhi was taken over by Sushma Swaraj, who was also the first woman CM of Delhi. When Sahib Singh Verma decided to leave the government car and go home from DTC, an incident to the resignation of Sahib Singh Verma remains the most discussed even today.

It is said that after leaving the post of CM, when he was preparing to go from the government residence to his village Mundka, a large number of supporters had gathered outside his residence. During this time, he decided to go home by DTC bus instead of government vehicle. When it became difficult to pass due to the crowd of supporters on the way, he asked people to give way. After this he boarded a DTC bus and went to his village. The journey from Chief Minister to Union Minister: Even after leaving the post of Delhi CM, Sahib Singh Verma’s political journey did not end. In 1999, he was elected Lok Sabha MP from Outer Delhi and later also served as Union Labor and Employment Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. His journey from the CM’s chair to the DTC bus became memorable because in it the distance between the pinnacle of power and the life of the common man seemed to disappear for a moment.