Ex-Unnao MP joins SP after quitting Cong.
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Days after resigning from the Congress, former Unnao MP Annu Tandon on Monday joined the Samajwadi Party within the presence of get together president Akhilesh Yadav.
Ms. Tandon mentioned she needed to see Mr. Yadav because the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2022. She mentioned it was essential to unite if “we have to push back communal forces.”
Explaining her determination to affix Mr. Yadav, Ms. Tandon mentioned, “Uttar Pradesh needs a progressive, visionary, young and educated leader.”
Ms. Tandon was elected MP from Unnao, adjoining Lucknow, in 2009. However, she misplaced in each the 2014 and 2019 elections.
Last Thursday she submitted her resignation to the Congress stating that there was a “misalignment” between her and its Uttar Pradesh unit.
In a resignation letter addressed to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Ms. Tandon mentioned, “Unfortunately, there is a misalignment between the State leadership and me and I do not see their support in allowing me to work since the past several months.”
Talking to reporters, Ms. Tandon was dismissive of the Congress’s prospects in Uttar Pradesh below Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s new crew. The Congress’ State unit organisation fashioned by her “kisi layak nahi hai [is good for nothing],” she mentioned.
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