"Everyone Has To Think About Themselves": Kapil Sibal On Quitting Congress
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"I thought the time has come for me to move on and be an independent voice in parliament. I did not want to be hanging on to the coattails of any party," Kapil Sibal told NDTV.
Senior leader Kapil Sibal, speaking to NDTV on quitting the Congress, his party of 30 years, said it was "always difficult to move on, but everyone has to think about themselves" at some point.
"I thought the time has come for me to move on and be an independent voice in parliament. I did not want to be hanging on to the coattails of any party," Kapil Sibal told NDTV.
The former Union Minister made the surprise announcement today that he had quit the Congress a week ago on May 16, a day after the party's "Chintan Shivir" or brainstorming meet to discuss the party's revival amid massive election defeats and internal crises.
He slipped in the announcement soon after filing his nomination as an independent candidate for Rajya Sabha, with the support of the Samajwadi Party.
