New Delhi, In a surprise move Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi has quit the party last night. this happened after she expressed her resentment in tweets on Thursday.
Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday had expressed unhappiness over the party’s decision to take back some of its old timers who were expelled for misbehaving with her.
” Deeply saddened that lumpen goons get preference in @incindia over those who have given their sweat and blood. Having faced brickbats and abuse across board for the party but yet those who threatened me within the party getting away with not even a rap on their knuckles is unfortunate,” tweeted Priyanka.
Some local party leaders had allegedly misbehaved with Priyanka while she was attending a press conference in Mathura a few days back. Congress had initially thrown them out but recently taking the elections into consideration they were reportedly taken back.
She was upset with her party bosses for taking back workers who had been thrown out for misbehaving with her. “Lumpen goons” get preference in the Congress over those who had “given their sweat and blood”, she wrote in her tweet.
In September, local Congress leaders had allegedly misbehaved with Priyanka Chaturvedi while she was attending a press conference on the Rafale deal at Mathura.
The spokesperson retweeted a journalist who commented on an Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee letter declaring that the workers were being taken back with senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia’s go-ahead. Jyotiraditya Scindia is the Congress general secretary in charge of UP, along with Priyanka Gandhi.
“It is expected that you don’t do anything to tarnish the party’s image,” said the letter signed by Fazle Masood of the disciplinary committee of the UP Congress.
Priyanka Chaturvedi expressed her dismay to senior leaders.
There are also rumours that Priyanka Chaturvedi wanted a ticket from Mumbai but the party did not oblige.
