In another big blow to Congress, Jaiveer Shergill resigned from the party on Wednesday, stating that decision-making in the organisation is no longer made in the interest of the public. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Shergill — who was also the party’s national spokesperson — stated, “It pains me to say that decision-making is no longer for interests of public & country, rather it’s influenced by the self-serving interests of individuals indulging in sycophancy and consistently ignoring on-ground reality.”
Shergill, who was reportedly not allowed to hold party’s press conferences for the last several months, further stated that the Congress’ ideology and vision of the “current decision-makers” were no longer in sync with the aspirations of modern India.
“I resign from the post of National Spokesperson of the Party. The primary reason being that the ideology and the vision of the current decision-makers of the Indian National Congress is no longer sync with the aspiration of the youth and modern India…This is something I cannot morally accept or continue to work with. However, I shall forever indebted for all the opportunities the Party has granted me during my association with party”, wrote Shergill in his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi.
This comes days after two senior Congress leaders — Anand Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad — resigned from top party posts, seemingly exposing the lack of faith in the Gandhis and are also an indication that all is clearly not well within the party that has been struggling to reverse its electoral losses and keep its house in order.
While Sharma resigned from the apex steering committee set up to lead the planning for the Himachal Pradesh state elections slated for later this year, Azad quit from the J&K Congress’ campaign committee. Azad’s exit was followed by a series of resignations from the same committee.
Sharma on Wednesday said the Congress needs an “inclusive and collective thinking and approach”. Stressing that the grand old party cannot be revived by having an ‘A’ group or ‘B’ group, Sharma called for collectiveness within the party.
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