Congress leader Sunil Jakhar, dissatisfied with Punjab, said goodbye to the party on Saturday amid Congress’s Chintan Shivir. He announced this via Facebook Live. Jakhar accused the Congress high command of listening to a particular leader of Punjab on the issue of appointment of CM after the removal of Captain Amarinder Singh.
Sunil Jakhar said he was heartbroken when three generations of his family had “snatched away all party posts” for “not walking on the party line” after serving the Congress for 50 years.
Hours before he went LIVE on Facebook to speak his Mann Ki Baat, Sunil Jakhar had removed Congress from his Twitter bio, indicating his future course of action.
Jakhar, who was served a show cause notice for his “anti-party” statements, did not respond to the show cause notice. Before the Anti-Disciplinary Committee decided to remove him from all-party posts.