14 NCP leaders quit protesting Mishra's nomination

LUCKNOW: Fourteen prominent members and office-bearers of the Nationalist Congress Party, Uttar Pradesh, announced their resignation on Thursday in protest against the nomination of Jagannath Misra as the incharge of the state unit.
In a release on Thursday, administrative general secretary and party spokesperson Sangam Lal Shilpkar stated that national secretary of the party and former chief minister of Bihar Jagannath Misra had voted in favour of Poto in Parliament, but spoke strongly against it at the party forum exhibiting double standards.
Shilpkar warned that on July 8, when arrives here, some more important leaders of NCP would tender their resignation to protest his nomination.
Those who announced their resignation included among others former MLC and vice president Devraj Misra, vice presidents Vijay Sabbarwal and Narendra Singh, administrative general secretary (UP) Sangam Lal Shilpkar, general secretary Rajeev Ranjan.