'Disillusioned with high command ... ': Ex-Haryana minister Ajay Yadav quits Congress

Former Haryana minister Ajay Singh Yadav on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party, saying he was "disillusioned with the party high command" for treating him "shabbily".

Yadav said the decision to quit the party was "really hard" as he and his family have been associated with the grand old party for the past 70 years.

"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," Yadav wrote on X.

He further said: "This decision of resigning was really hard decision with whom my family had 70 years of association as 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"

After Congress's debacle in the Haryana assembly elections, Yadav was one of the few party leaders who had openly advised it to introspect its failure in the 'Southern Haryana' region.

Southern Haryana is often referred to as the Ahirwal region spanning Gurgaon, Rewari and Mahendergarh.

BJP continued with its hold over the Ahirwal region — winning 10 of 11 assembly constituencies in the south Haryana districts of Gurgaon, Rewari, and Mahendergarh.

It was in 2014 that BJP won all 11 seats in the Yadav bastion, which came down to eight in the next state polls. This year, BJP maintained its lead in 10 seats, with the Nangal Chaudhry constituency in Mahendergarh being the only outlier, won by Congress.

"The party should introspect for its failure in southern Haryana especially Gurugram, Rewari, Mahendragarh and Faridabad where it won just 1 seat," Yadav had posted on X.

He further said that Ahirwal has no representation in CWC, CEC, AICC general secretaries and in HPCC.

"Ahirwal has no representation in CWC, CEC, AICC General Secretaries and even in HPCC. Chairman AICC OBC is an eyewash and toothless" he added on the same post.

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