After Milind Deora, Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns as Congress general secretary

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday resigned as party General secretary (UP West) over party’s defeat in the Lok Sabha Elections.

Scindia resigned hours after Mumbai Congress chief Milind M. Deora stepped down from his post. The development happened days after Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress President.

Accepting the people’s verdict and taking accountability, I had submitted my resignation as General Secretary of AICC to Shri

. I thank him for entrusting me with this responsibility and for giving me the opportunity to serve our party, Scindia wrote on Twitter.

Accepting the people’s verdict and taking accountability, I had submitted my resignation as General Secretary of AICC to Shri @RahulGandhi.

I thank him for entrusting me with this responsibility and for giving me the opportunity to serve our party.

— Jyotiraditya Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 7, 2019

Published on: July 7, 2019 at 17:00 IST

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