Congress Workers Quit

The Congress in Rajasthan has suffered a major setback after nearly 400 party workers resigned from its primary membership on Friday, leaving the party in crisis, said party sources.

The Congress suffered a big jolt today ahead of its mega yatra that aims to boost workers' morale ahead of the upcoming national elections.

Senior Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar has stepped down as president of the Nationalist Congress Party.

Veteran Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh and former MP Anand Prakash Gautam, alleging neglect of workers, has resigned today in a setback to the party ahead of the state polls. His resignation comes amid the high-profile exit of RPN Singh today.

A case has been filed against former MLA Imran Masood, who is quitting Congress and is likely to join the Samajwadi Party, and 10 others for holding a meeting with party workers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur without prior permission.

After Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, many others have started abandoning the party as well. Resignations have come from almost every part of Madhya Pradesh. So far hundreds of workers and party officials have put in their papers.

Rahul Gandhi, adamant about quitting as Congress president, refused to meet senior party leader Sheila Dikshit this evening, who along with scores of Congress workers, had visited his house. Ms Dikshit, a three-time chief minister of Delhi, entered Mr Gandhi's house, but did not get to meet the Congress chief.

An Uttar Pradesh Congress leader quit the party on Saturday alleging it ignored its local leaders and workers by giving the ticket to an "outsider".

The BJP today said there is "fear" among women after the Congress chose to side with its workers rather than a woman leader who was allegedly abused by them.

Priyanka Chaturvedi, one of the Congress's most high-profile spokespersons, quit her party of 10 years and joined the Shiv Sena in less than 24 hours. Hours after she tweeted her resignation letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, she surfaced alongside Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray.

Internal fissures in the Congress in Maharashtra are out in the open after a purported phone conversation between party chief Ashok Chavan and a distraught worker has gone viral. Ashok Chavan has not denied that the voice is indeed his and he admits there is major discontent over the Chandrapur seat for which candidate was declared this morning.

The much-expected proxy battle from Varuna in the coming assembly elections -- between Karnataka's Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah and BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa -- has fallen through.

Amid reports that he had quit as Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh, actor-politician Raj Babbar today said "new arrangements" were being worked out in the party for the 2019 national election. Raj Babbar's reported exit comes after the Congress's miserable performance in the UP bypolls, with both its candidates failing to even retain their deposit

A senior Gujarat Congress leader today resigned, apparently miffed over the party giving prominence to a group of caste and community leaders over loyal workers who he claimed were being "ignored".

Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela, announced on Friday that he has resigned from the Congress, serving new worry for the party just ahead of assembly elections in the state. Mr Vaghela was addressing a 5,000-strong crowd that continuously cheered his one-and-a-half hour speech at a public rally organised in Gandhinagar to celebrate his 77th bi...

The Congress in Rajasthan has suffered a major setback after nearly 400 party workers resigned from its primary membership on Friday, leaving the party in crisis, said party sources.

The Congress suffered a big jolt today ahead of its mega yatra that aims to boost workers' morale ahead of the upcoming national elections.

Senior Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar has stepped down as president of the Nationalist Congress Party.

Veteran Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh and former MP Anand Prakash Gautam, alleging neglect of workers, has resigned today in a setback to the party ahead of the state polls. His resignation comes amid the high-profile exit of RPN Singh today.

A case has been filed against former MLA Imran Masood, who is quitting Congress and is likely to join the Samajwadi Party, and 10 others for holding a meeting with party workers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur without prior permission.

After Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, many others have started abandoning the party as well. Resignations have come from almost every part of Madhya Pradesh. So far hundreds of workers and party officials have put in their papers.

Rahul Gandhi, adamant about quitting as Congress president, refused to meet senior party leader Sheila Dikshit this evening, who along with scores of Congress workers, had visited his house. Ms Dikshit, a three-time chief minister of Delhi, entered Mr Gandhi's house, but did not get to meet the Congress chief.

An Uttar Pradesh Congress leader quit the party on Saturday alleging it ignored its local leaders and workers by giving the ticket to an "outsider".

The BJP today said there is "fear" among women after the Congress chose to side with its workers rather than a woman leader who was allegedly abused by them.

Priyanka Chaturvedi, one of the Congress's most high-profile spokespersons, quit her party of 10 years and joined the Shiv Sena in less than 24 hours. Hours after she tweeted her resignation letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, she surfaced alongside Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray.

Internal fissures in the Congress in Maharashtra are out in the open after a purported phone conversation between party chief Ashok Chavan and a distraught worker has gone viral. Ashok Chavan has not denied that the voice is indeed his and he admits there is major discontent over the Chandrapur seat for which candidate was declared this morning.

The much-expected proxy battle from Varuna in the coming assembly elections -- between Karnataka's Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah and BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa -- has fallen through.

Amid reports that he had quit as Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh, actor-politician Raj Babbar today said "new arrangements" were being worked out in the party for the 2019 national election. Raj Babbar's reported exit comes after the Congress's miserable performance in the UP bypolls, with both its candidates failing to even retain their deposit

A senior Gujarat Congress leader today resigned, apparently miffed over the party giving prominence to a group of caste and community leaders over loyal workers who he claimed were being "ignored".

Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela, announced on Friday that he has resigned from the Congress, serving new worry for the party just ahead of assembly elections in the state. Mr Vaghela was addressing a 5,000-strong crowd that continuously cheered his one-and-a-half hour speech at a public rally organised in Gandhinagar to celebrate his 77th bi...