In a setback to the Congress forward of the meeting elections in Himachal Pradesh, its senior chief Anand Sharma on Sunday resigned from the chairmanship of the occasion’s steering committee for the state.
Sources stated Sharma, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, stated that his self-respect is “non-negotiable” and that he has resigned from the publish.
His resignation comes quickly after one other G23 group chief Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned because the chairman of the marketing campaign committee in Jammu and Kashmir a number of days in the past.
Sharma has advised the Congress President that he has been missed within the session course of. However, he advised Gandhi that he would proceed to marketing campaign for occasion candidates within the state.
The former Union minister and deputy chief of the Congress within the Rajya Sabha was appointed because the chairman of the steering committee in Himachal Pradesh on April 26.
Both Azad and Sharma are distinguished leaders of the G23 group which has been crucial of the selections of the occasion management. Prominent stalwarts together with Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Manish Tewari have been pushing for the fitting election from the block to the CWC stage.
Sharma, who is taken into account one of many tallest leaders of Himachal Pradesh, has reportedly stated in his letter to the Congress president that his self-respect has been harm as he was not consulted or invited to any occasion assembly. Is.
The Congress is attempting to wrest energy from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh within the meeting elections to be held later this yr.
Sharma, who first contested the meeting elections in 1982 and was given a Rajya Sabha ticket by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, has been a Rajya Sabha member since then and has held a number of key positions within the occasion.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
