NEW DELHI: In a blow to the Congress, former Haryana minister and party’s OBC cell chairman Captain Ajay Singh Yadav on Thursday quit the party alleging shabby treatment after Sonia Gandhi resigned from the post of party president.
Yadav, considered a rival of Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was unhappy with the party over the choice of candidates in the Haryana polls.
“I have sent my resignation to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ji from Chairman AICC OBC Department and also from primary membership of Indian National Congress party,” Yadav posted on ‘X’.
After the poll defeat, Yadav had called for introspection for the party’s failure in southern Haryana, especially Gurugram, Rewari, Mahendragarh and Faridabad where it won just one seat.
He also cited the factional feud and the tussle for the CM’s post as one of the main reasons for the defeat. Yadav’s son Chiranjeev Rao also lost from Rewari.
Yadav is the third prominent leader to quit the Congress in recent years, the other two being Kuldeep Bishnoi and Kiran Choudhry, both of whom have joined the BJP.