Punjab Assembly elections 2022 | Former Punjab Cong. president Sunil Jakhar quits active politics
The Hindu
‘There are some colleagues in the party with whom it has become difficult to go along, and hence I am quitting,’ he says
Hours before former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is slated to announce the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the on February 6, party’s former State president Sunil Jakhar has announced his quitting from active electoral politics.
Mr. Jakhar told The Hindu on Sunday that he had decided to quit active electoral politics, but would continue to serve the Congress.
“There are some colleagues in the party with whom it has become difficult to go along, and hence I am quitting. I had enough. But I am very much part and parcel of the Congress party. Whatever duties the party gives me, I’ll perform. It’s only active electoral politics that I am quitting,” said Mr. Jakhar.