With sharp jabs at the Gandhis, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from the Congress today and blamed Rahul Gandhi for his exit. In a fiery resignation letter, Azad tore into Rahul Gandhi, claiming that all key decisions in the party were being taken by his security guards and personal assistants.
He blamed Rahul Gandhi for demolishing the consultative mechanism of the party and was appointed as vice president in 2013. He said, “All experienced leaders were sidelined and a new coterie of inexperienced sycophants started running the affairs of the party.”
HERE’S WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT RAHUL GANDHI
– The childish behaviour of Rahul Gandhi
“One of the most glaring examples of this immaturity was the tearing up of a government ordinance in the full glare of the media by Shri Rahul Gandhi. The said ordinance was incubated in the Congress Core Group and subsequently unanimously approved by the Union Cabinet presided over by the Prime Minister. This “childish behavior completely subverted the authority of the Prime Minister and Government of India.”
– Consultative process demolished by Rahul
“Unfortunately, after the entry of Shri Rahul Gandhi into politics and particularly after January, 2013 when he was appointed as Vice President by you, the entire Consultative mechanism which existed earlier was demolished by him.”
– All senior leaders sidelined
“All senior and experienced leaders were sidelined and new coterie of inexperienced sycophants started running the affairs of the Party.”
– Coterie of inexperienced sycophants running party
He also said that a coterie of inexperienced sycophants running the party, while the senior leaders were sidelined.
– Tearing govt ordinance glaring example of Rahul immaturity
“One of the most glaring examples of this immaturity was the tearing up of a government ordinance in the full glare of the media by Shri Rahul Gandhi. The said ordinance was incubated in the Congress Core Group and subsequently unanimously approved by the Union Cabinet presided over by the Prime Minister.”
– Rahul’s actions led to the 2014 UPA defeat
He also held him responsible for the 2014 UPA defeat and said, “This one single action more than anything else contributed significantly to the defeat of the UPA Government in 2014, which was at the receiving end of a campaign of calumny and insinuation from a combination of the forces of the right-wing and certain unscrupulous corporate interests.”
– Rahul stepped down as Cong Prez in a huff
“Since the 2019 elections, the situation in the party has only worsened. After Sh. Rahul Gandhi stepped down in a ‘huff and not before insulting all the senior Party functionaries who have given their lives to the party in a meeting of the extended Working Committee, you took over as interim President. A position that you have to continue to hold even today for the past three years.”
In a letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Azad cited the sidelining of senior leaders and the increasing sway of a “coterie of inexperienced sycophants” as the reasons behind his exit from the party.
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