The resignation of Congress president Rahul Gandhi taking accountability for the party’s drubbing at the hustings has compelled some other senior and young party leaders to follow suit.
While Congress general secretary and Incharge Assam Harish Rawat had resigned a day or two after Rahul’s quitting the top slot, the two important pillars of Congress too resigned today taking accountability of defeat on their shoulders.
These two youthful leaders are, the national general secretary of Congress, incharge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh Jyotiraditya Scindia and the Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora.
The Congress general secretary Scindia announced his resignation today saying that he had resigned a week before and handed over the letter to the then party chief Rahul Gandhi but thought of officially and publicly declaring it as news about my resignation had appeared in newspapers today.
Scindia tweeted after resigning : Accepting the peoples’ verdict and taking accountability, I had submitted my resignation as general secretary of AICC to Sh. @ Rahul Gandhi. I thank him for entrusting me with this responsibility and for giving me the opportunity to serve our party.
It may be recalled that Jyotiraditya Scindia had worked hard during the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and was immensely instrumental in the party’s victory during the 2018 assembly elections defeating the 15 year old BJP government.
Scindia was however neither made the CM nor the deputy CM of the stae despite his dedicated services as he being Rahul Gandhi’s closest friend and leiutenant, his services were required at the national party forum by the then Congress chief.
Rahul Gandhi had entrusted him the onerous task to revive and strengthen Congress in the largest state of the country, Uttar Pradesh alongwith Priyanka Gandhi who was enshrined the responsibility of Eastern UP and he the charge of Western region.
But inspite the best efforts of both Jyotiraditya Scindia and Priyanka Gandhi the Congress party suffered badly in Uttar Pradesh merely winning a single seat with Rahul Gandhi himself losing from his family’s pocket borough in Amethi.
On the other hand Murli Deora resigned as Mumbai Congress chief taking the accountability of the party’s defeat in Maharahtra and Mumbai following suit after Rahul’s quitting as Congress chief.
The Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan had already resigned while Deora resigned today.
While resigning Milind Deora hoped to work at the national level to regalvanise the party inviting strong criticism from the sr Congress leader and party’s former Mumbai chief Sanjay Nirupam.
Taking a swipe at Milind Deora’s decision to step down as Mumnai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam said that the resignation is being used as a ladder to climb tweeted Times Now.
The former Congress chief Nirupam also criticized the suggestion of Milind Deora asking the party high command to form a three leader panel to run the Mumbai Congress organisational affairs.
Strongly slamming Deora for his suggestion Nirupam said a party organisation is always led by a leader.
Congress is not a corporate house to be run by board of directors added Sanjay Nirupam.
He voiced his resentment to the party high command as well.