Heartland Revolt ; with Akhilesh Das's Resignation, the Congress Is Likely to Face More Trouble in a State That Holds the Key to the Throne in Delhi.
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The Congress party has just been hit by a thunderstorm, yet again. After failing to improve its condition in the assembly polls and losing to Mayawati in the by-polls of Azamgarh and Khalilabad, the party has suffered another jolt in the form of Akhilesh Das, who resigned from the party membership as well as from the Rajya Sabha on May 6.
A former mayor of Lucknow and a former Union minister, he says he was unhappy with the caucus surrounding party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, which, he says, controls everything.See the full content of this document
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Heartland Revolt ; with Akhilesh Das's Resignation, the Congress Is Likely to Face More Trouble in a State That Holds the Key to the Throne in Delhi.
Das, an ambitious leader, had once been a familiar face overshadowing Yuvraj Rahul whenever he visited Lucknow. If the coterie i...
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