Ex-Union minister Ashwani Kumar quits Congress

February 15, 2022 12:05

Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns from Congress.

In the resignation letter addressed to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Ashwani Kumar writes, "I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with my dignity I can best subserve larger national causes outside the party-fold."

Read the full letter alongside.

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