Cong OBC cell chief Yadav quits party
Former Haryana minister and Congress OBC cell chairman Capt Ajay Singh Yadav on Thursday resigned from his position as well as primary membership of the party.
Ending seven decade old ties of his family with the Congress, Yadav said he was resigning over shabby treatment meted out to him after Sonia Gandhi left the post of party president.
“I have sent my resignation letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s ji from Chairman AICC OBC Department and also from primary membership of Indian national congress party @kharge @RahulGandhi @SoniaGandhiiINC,” Yadav announced on X.
“It was not easy to part from the party with whom my family had 70 years of association. My father late Rao Abhey Singh became MLA in 1952 and there after I continued with family tradition but am disillusioned with the party high command for treating me shabbily after Sonia Gandhi left the post of Congress President,” said Yadav.
The resignation follows a crushing defeat Yadav’s son Chiranjeev, son-in-law of RJD supremo Lalu Yadav, suffered at the hands of BJP’s Laxman Singh in Rewari.
Yadav has represented Rewari five times in the Haryana Assembly.
Lalu’s son Tej Pratap had campaigned for Chiranjeev but the latter lost by a marging of 28,000 votes.
Haryana Congress veterans, including Yadav and Kumari Selja, have long complained of over dominance of former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a Jat stalwart in the state politics. Hooda had the prime say in ticket distribution this time.
