Prominent leaders who left congress recently

Leaders who left congress: Lately, Indian National Congress has been experiencing the exit of prominent leaders from the party. This is a matter of concern for the party as it leads to a negative impact on the other members as well as the party supporters. The issue has become so crucial that even the senior party leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad stated that leader after leader from the party is a matter of serious concern. 

Leaders of G-23 grouping in the party called for introspection. Earlier in 2020, these 23 leaders wrote to Sonia Gandhi, President - Indian National Congress, in order to call for sweeping changes in the party.

Recently, Ashwani Kumar, Former Union Minister left the party and stated that there has been decline in the internal functioning of the party. The exit of Ashwani Kumar is a major concern, as he was a staunch supporter of Sonia Gandhi, moreover, he was also the law minister in UPA II government and is also considered to be close to Manmohan Singh. He further emphasised that Nation is not in the mood of an alternative leader for the Congress Party. The exit of Kumar indicates that even the old guard is becoming increasingly disenchanted with the party's state of affairs.

In recent years, Congress has experienced a string of exits by leaders :  

1. Jyotiraditya Scindia 

A Senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader parted ways in 2020. He is now a Cabinet Minister in the Modi Government.

2.Jitin Prasad

He left the party in 2021 and joined BJP. He was also appointed as a Cabinet Minister by the State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh 

3. R P N Singh

He is a former minister of state in the ministry of home. He Parted ways with Congress in January 2021 and joined BJP. 

4. Sushmita Dev

She is a former MP from Silchar, Assam. She switched to the All India Trinamool Congress. 

5. Priyanka Chaturvedi

She is currently a Member of Parliament and is associated with Shiv Sena. She parted ways with Congress back in 2019. 

6. Laliteshpati Tripathi

He also recently exited from Congress and joined the All India Trinamool Congress. 

7. Amarinder Singh

The former chief minister of Punjab quit the Congress and founded his own party namely, Punjab Lok Congress. 

8. Luizinho Faleiro

The former chief minister of Goa left the party in December and joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC)

The list does not end here. In the past years, the Indian National Congress has lost many valuable and prominent leaders namely Khushbu Sundar, Govindas Konthoujam, Vijayan Thomas, A Namassivayam, VM Sudheeran, Kriti Azad, Aditi Singh, Ravi S Naik, among others. 

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