Jaiveer Shergill quits Congress, says sycophancy eating into party like 'termites'

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday lost yet another leader. Jaiveer Shergill quit the party after hitting out at the leadership of the Gandhis.

In a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, Shergill alleged that sycophancy was eating into the organisation like "termites".

In the letter, Shergill said the primary reason for his decision was that "the ideology and the vision of the current decision makers of the Congress is no longer in sync with the aspirations of the youth and modern India".

"Furthermore, it pains me to say that decision making is no longer for the interest of the public and the country, rather it is influenced by the self-serving interests of individuals indulging in sycophancy and consistently ignoring ground reality. This is something I cannot morally accept or continue to work with," he wrote.

"Those who are capable, want to serve the people, their voices are not heard," he said.

"In the past 8 years, I have not taken anything from Congress but only poured into the party. Today when I am being pushed to bow down before people because they are close to the top leadership. This is not acceptable to me," he added.

"Sycophancy and coterie is eating into the Indian National Congress as termites," Shergill said.

On his future plans, Shergill said they would only be known in the future.

Shergill is a lawyer by profession and was one of the prominent ones among young Congress leaders. He hails from Punjab.

The Congress has lost several leaders, including Jyotiraditiya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, to the BJP in the recent years. Many others have left the grand old party to join regional parties like Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

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