'He might have felt suffocated', says Gwalior Cong Prez Sharma after Scindia quit party

Reacting to Jyotiraditya Scindia's resignation from primary membership of Congress party, Gwalior district Congress President Devendra Sharma on Tuesday stated that Scindia might have felt 'suffocated' while being in party. 'Scindia's decision to leave  Congress was his decision as he might have felt suffocated in party,' Sharma said while interacting with a news ncy. 

"However, I have been a member of  Congress party for almost all my life and hence I am very attached to it," he said.

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Scindia resigns

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday morning shared a photograph of resignation letter sent to party chief Sonia Gandhi.  In his letter, Scindia mentioned that his dissatisfaction had built up in past one year. He wrote to Sonia, "As you well kw, this path that has been drawing itself out over last year." 

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Congress expels Scindia

After Jyotiraditya Scindia made his resignation public, KC Venugopal tified that Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi approved 'expulsion' of w-former Congress leader. On Tuesday on, KC Venugopal said that Sonia Gandhi approved Scindia's resignation with immediate effect for "anti-party activities".

bitter "expulsion" of Scindia by Congress party comes after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at latter's residence along with former BJP party chief Amit Shah. After meeting, Shah and Scindia left toger, with miffed Congress leader leaving behind Range Rover he had driven into 7LKM.

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Madhya Pradesh political crisis

Tuesday's developments come at a time when Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government appears to be on brink, with resignations of at least 22 MLAs posing a fatal threat to maintainability of Congress government. Kamal Nath's entire cabinet resigned on Monday evening in an apparent effort to create for a rejig to placate rebel camp.

Congress high-command had also attempted desperate overtures to Jyotiraditya Scindia, offering to meet his demands, wher y be a Rajya Sabha seat or post of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief. However, following his resignation, Congress claimed that he had been 'expelled' and quoted party chief Sonia Gandhi in its statement. As per sources, Scindia's dissatisfaction had taken a firm shape over a month ago.

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(With inputs from ANI)