Ex-MP Of Unnao Annu Tandon Resigns From Cong.

Ex-MP of Unnao Annu Tandon resigns from Cong. on Thursday


On Thursday a big shock is faced by the Congress, senior leader and former MP from Unnao, Annu Tandon on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the party citing "misalignment with the state-level leadership." This has done a buzz into Congress Party.

In a statement discharged to the media, Ms Tandon aforementioned that she has sent her resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi and requested her to simply accept it instantly.

By-election to the Bangarmau Assembly seat of Unnao, the Lok Sabha body Ms Tandon had diagrammatic in 2009, is slated for early next month.

While stating that she had unceasingly received heat and steerage of each Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi throughout her 15-year association with the party, Ms Tandon aforementioned there's a "misalignment between the state-level leadership" and she or he didn't see their support coming back her method since the past many months.

She aforementioned canards were being unfolded concerning her and her associates by the native, irrelevant, and chosen few.

Terming it as each "painful and disgusting", she aforementioned there was no try by the party leadership to stem this.

Ms Tandon aforementioned she had raised the matter among the charge of UP Priyanka Gandhi had assured that the Congress president is apprised of the case. However, the matter had remained unresolved.

My ideology and principles are aligned with the senior leadership of the party and my resignation doesn't amendment this, she said, adding she would be consulting her employees on the long-run path

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