C Rajagopalachari's great-grandson quits Congress

February 23, 2023 09:07

C Rajagopalachari (centre)

CR Kesavan, great-grandson of India's first Indian Governor-General, C Rajagopalachari, resigns from the Congress party.

In a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, CR Kesavan writes that he quit a successful career abroad to join the Congress party in 2001. He said he served in various positions in the Congress party and thanked Sonia Gandhi for the responsibilities entrusted to him.

But, says, Kesavan, "I am truly sad that for a while now I have not seen any vestiges of the values that made me work for the party with dedication for over two decades. I can no longer in good conscience say that I concur with what the party presently symbolises, stands for nor seeks to propogate."

He said that is the reason why he declined organisational responsibility at the national and refrained from participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

He added that he resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party with immediate effect.

He said he has not spoken to anyone nor does know what will unfold next. He however says that he will endeavour to "serve the country through a political platform which will be one where he can continue to steadfastly uphold the integrity and ideals of public life instilled and defended by the founding fathers and mothers of our great nation and my great grandfather C Rajagopalachari."

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