Some senior leaders from the party including Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada have left the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and are now both ministers in the BJP's central and UP governments. The Congress has seen a spate of defections recently with Faleiro and its former MPs Abhijeet Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, and Sushmita Dev defecting to the TMC.Ī senior Congress leader from Kerala V M Sudheeran has also quit from all the All India Congress Committee positions. The Punjab unit of the Congress is in turmoil after Amarinder Singh was removed as chief minister and its chief Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his post ahead of the crucial assembly elections in the state early next year.įactionalism in Punjab Congress has come to the fore over recent appointments of the new cabinet and other top officials. He also attacked the Congress leadership, wondering who in the party was taking decisions in the absence of a full-time president.Īmid a fresh bout of defections after Congress leader and former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro joined West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, its former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi triggering speculation over his future political plans. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI PhotoĪ senior member of the 'Group of 23' who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, Sibal said the grouping is 'not a Jee Huzur 23', and will continue to put forth their views and repeat their demands.
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IMAGE: Workers of Delhi Congress protest against senior party leader Kapil Sibal outside his residence, in New Delhi on Wednesday.