UP Congress Vice President Pankaj Malik, His Father Harendra Quit Party Ahead 2022 Polls:
In a massive jolt to the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, its state unit-vice president Pankaj Malik and his father Harendra Malik resigned on tuesday.
In a massive jolt to Congress in Uttar Pradesh, its state unit-vice president Pankaj Malik and his father Harendra Malik, who was a member of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s advisory committee, quit the party on Tuesday. Pankaj Malik, also a former MLA, in a letter to the state Congress president informed that he was resigning from the primary membership of the party.
In his resignation letter, Pankaj Malik wrote that he was resigning from the memberships of the Congress party, and as an advisor to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Apart from this, during a press conference, senior Congress leader and former MP Harendra Malik announced his decision that he will too leave the party. He said that he has not yet decided to join any political party and will take a decision after a discussion with his supporters. The development came on the same day as Priyanka Gandhi announced that Congress would allot 40% tickets to women in the coming UP assembly elections.
