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Jolt to Congress as former Punjab chief Jakhar bids goodbye
Giving Congress a big jolt, its senior leader and former Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar bade it goodbye on Saturday noon snapping his long association with the party.
Prior to making this announcement through his Facebook broadcast ‘Dil ki baat’ Sunil Jakhar had removed Congress from all his bios on social media platforms. He did not, however, give any indication of joining any other party.
JHAKAR STATS
A 3-time former legislator and MP, Sunil Jakhar, 68, is the younger son of veteran parliamentarian Balram
Jakhar while his elder brother Sajjan Kumar Jakhar was also a Punjab minister. Besides being the leader of the Opposition in 2012, and party state president in 2017, Sunil was one of the tallest Hindu leaders of Congress in Punjab. His nephew Sandeep Jakhar is currently Congress MLA from Abohar seat.
Jakhar was, nonetheless, having frozen ties with the Congress since the past month after he was removed from all party posts for his alleged anti-party activities about a month ago by the party’s Central leadership.
SESSION A FARCE?
Terming the ongoing Congress ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorming session) in Udaipur (Rajasthan) as a “farce”, Sunil said instead of “Chintan Shivir”, it should have been “chinta shivir’’ to contemplate upon ways to save the party.
SONI LAMBASTED
He targeted Ambika Soni for misguiding the Congress president and Rahul Gandhi not on only Punjab affairs, but also on other states and alleged that the Congress leaders sitting in Delhi ruined the party in Punjab.
HAILING RAHUL
Sunil called him a good person and asked him to take the reins of the party in his hands and distance himself from sycophants. “Good luck and goodbye Congress’’, he said ending his live broadcast.
SUNIL WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD: SIDHU
Notably, the first reactions came in from Navjot Singh Sidhu with his tweet: “The Congress should not lose Sunil K Jakhar. He is an asset worth his weight in gold. Any differences can be resolved on the table.”