With veteran chief Ghulam Nabi Azad asserting his resignation, the Congress has now misplaced 12 heavyweights within the span of greater than 5 months in 2022. Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all posts of the social gathering citing the “immaturity” of Rahul Gandhi whom he blamed for “demolishing the consultative mechanism” within the social gathering.

In a hard-hitting 5 web page observe to social gathering interim president Sonia Gandhi, Azad claimed {that a} coterie runs the social gathering whereas she was only a nominal head and all the main selections have been taken by “Shri Rahul Gandhi or relatively worse his safety guards and PAs” The event comes days after Azad resigned from the organisational submit of Jammu and Kashmir.

The nationwide social gathering just isn’t in its finest phases within the politics of the nation, with each its illustration and political affect on the decline.

Nabi’s resignation comes two days after Congress’ spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill introduced that he was resigning from all positions, saying that “sycophancy” had taken priority over benefit.

Aside from GN Azad, listed below are the opposite large names who left the Congress in 2022:

Kapil Sibal

In Might, veteran chief Kapil Sibal dropped a bombshell when he utilized for Rajya Sabha nominations as an impartial candidate with the backing of the Samajwadi Social gathering. On the time, he introduced that he had ended his three-decade-long affiliation with the Congress.

“I had resigned from the Congress social gathering on 16 Might,” he had informed reporters then, including, “I’m not a severe Congress chief.”

Sibal was one of many core leaders of the G-23, a bunch of dissenting Congress leaders, who’ve been demanding sweeping modifications within the social gathering.

Sunil Jakhar:

Sunil Jakhar, who was one of many senior-most Congress leaders in Punjab introduced he was leaving the social gathering in Might, asserting that the social gathering was going through an existential disaster and but no intent was being seen to avoid wasting the social gathering.

Whereas the Congress held its Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Jakhar on Fb stated: Good luck and good bye to Congress social gathering.”

Jakhar’s resignation got here whereas he had been issued a showcause discover for criticising former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

Hardik Patel:

In Might, Hardik Patel give up the Congress and put out a particularly scathing one-page resignation letter.

He wrote, “Every time our nation confronted challenges and when the Congress wanted management, Congress leaders have been having fun with overseas.

“Be it constructing the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, revocation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, implementation of GST (Items and Companies Tax) — India needed options for these topics for a very long time and Congress solely performed the function of a roadblock and was at all times solely obstructive. When it got here to points associated to India, Gujarat and my Patidar neighborhood — the Congress’s solely stand was to oppose regardless of the Authorities of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji did. Congress right now has been rejected in nearly each state of India as a result of the social gathering and its management haven’t been capable of current a primary street map to the folks,” Patel stated.

Patel’s letter spoke of his disappointment when social gathering employees like him travelled 500-600 km to attend a gathering and focus on points however discovered the native leaders busy attempting to make sure that some senior Congress chief from Delhi was served “his hen sandwich on time”.

Ashwani Kumar

former Union minister and senior chief Ashwani Kumar introduced he was ending his greater than 4 decade affiliation with the Congress.

In his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Dr Kumar wrote, “Having given my considerate consideration to the matter, I’ve concluded that within the current circumstances and in keeping with my dignity, I can finest subserve bigger nationwide trigger exterior the social gathering fold.”

He additionally stated he “hoped to proactively pursue public causes impressed by the thought of transformative management, primarily based on the dignitarian promise of a liberal democracy envisioned by our freedom fighters.”

RPN Singh:

In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Singh, who was accountable for Jharkhand, thanked the Congress boss for giving him a chance to serve the nation, folks and the social gathering.

The 58-year-old held portfolios like street, transport and highways; petroleum and residential affairs.

Chatting with the media, he stated he was within the Congress for 32 years however the “social gathering is not what it was”.

Singh was the second outstanding chief from Uttar Pradesh to affix the BJP after Jitin Prasada, who give up the social gathering in June 2021.

The opposite large resignation was that of Jyotiraditya Scindia in March 2020.

Kuldeep Bishnoi:

Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi in August resigned from the Haryana Meeting. Bishnoi submitted his resignation to Meeting speaker Gian Chand Gupta. He’s anticipated to affix the ruling BJP on Thursday.

Kuldeep after quitting as MLA from the Adampur constituency in Haryana additionally challenged Bhupinder Singh Hooda to contest and win the seat vacated by him. Notably, his resignation will necessitate a bypoll from the Adampur seat in Hisar district.

“BS Hooda had challenged me to resign, and I accepted his problem. Now, I problem him to contest elections and win from Adampur constituency,” stated Bishnoi.

Raju Parmar and Naresh Raval:

Forward of Gujarat Meeting elections, Congress leaders Raju Parmar and Naresh Raval, resigned from the social gathering’s major membership together with all different social gathering posts.

In a serious setback to Congress earlier than the polls, each the leaders introduced on Wednesday, 3 August, that they are going to be a part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) on 17 August.

Parmar, a outstanding Dalit chief and former Congress’s Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, stated that he’ll discuss his future plans in a joint press convention. Raval, who was a Minister of State for House within the Congress authorities led by CM Chimanbhai Patel, had earlier expressed feeling betrayed by his colleagues.

Dasoju Sravan:

Senior Telangana Congress chief and former All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Dasoju Sravan, who give up his social gathering joined the BJP.

Sravan give up the Congress, blaming the functioning model of state Congress chief Revanth Reddy. His resignation got here simply days after Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy give up the social gathering in what was perceived as a serious jolt to the social gathering.

Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy

Reddy, recognized for his wavering statements, declared in a press convention right here that he could be resigning from the Meeting.

Rajagopal Reddy declared that he wouldn’t be criticising the Congress, regardless of its reported choice to take motion in opposition to him. “On what grounds would they provoke motion in opposition to me? I’ve been a Congress man all my life and fought for the social gathering when it confronted dire conditions. However the excessive command introduced an individual who had been abusing the Congress and its leaders and made him the chief of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).

Jaiveer Shergill:

Jaiveer Shergill resigned with sharp jabs on the Gandhis in a letter that stated the “imaginative and prescient of the social gathering’s decision-makers is not in sync” with the aspirations of the youth. All three Gandhis had denied him a gathering for over a 12 months, he informed reporters, including that he had “severed all ties” with the social gathering.

“The choice-making of the Congress social gathering just isn’t in sync with the bottom actuality anymore. I have been in search of time from Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for greater than a 12 months, however we’re not welcomed within the workplace,” Jaiveer Shergill stated.

Shergill stated sycophancy is “consuming the Congress like ‘termites'”.