Protests by various Congress leaders and workers that began after the party released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections intensified on Saturday with resignations and demonstrations against party leaders, including Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPPCC) chief Kamal Nath, and Digvijaya Singh.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress’ vice-president, and the working president of its Backward Class wing Damodar Singh Yadav, in a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former president Rahul Gandhi, resigned from the party’s primary membership, accusing it of “neglecting and using” the people from Backward Classes.
“You have been talking about ‘the more the population, the more rights’ but the Congress has only fielded 23-24% candidates from backward classes in its declared lists,” he wrote.
