Shimla: In a big setback to Congress ahead of the state assembly polls due later this year, veteran party leader Anand Sharma on Sunday quit as Chairman of the Steering Committee of Congress for the Himachal Pradesh elections.
However, he said that he would continue to work for the party.
“I have resigned with a heavy heart from the Chairmanship of the Steering Committee of the Congress for the Himachal Elections. Reiterating that I am a lifelong congressman and remain firm on my convictions,” Anand Sharma said in a tweet.
“Committed to Congress ideology that runs in my blood, let there be no doubts about this! However, given the continuing exclusion and insults, as a self-respecting person- I was left with no choice,” Sharma said in another tweet.
Sharma was among G-23 leaders who wrote a letter in 2020 to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, seeking sweeping changes in the party.
