Shergill quits, says sycophancy eating Congress like termites

Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill has resigned as the party's national spokesperson. He alleged that the decision-making process in Congress was based on serving the interests of a few individuals and not the country and its people. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi he said the "vision of the party's decision-makers is no longer in sync" with the aspirations of the youth. All three Gandhis had denied him a meeting for over a year, he told reporters, adding that he had "severed all ties" with the party. "It pains me to say that decision-making is no longer for interests of public and country, rather it's influenced by the self-serving interests of individuals indulging in sycophancy and consistently ignoring on-ground reality," he wrote. He was reportedly not allowed to hold press conferences for the past few months. Shergill is a lawyer from Punjab and is a prominent face among the youth leaders of the party. Shergill said sycophancy is "eating the Congress like 'termites'". His resignation is the third this month after two veterans, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, quit party posts in their home states. Both leaders are part of the "G-23" or group of 23 rebels who wrote to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 calling for an overhaul of the organization along with "full-time and visible leadership." The Congress has lost several leaders while struggling with election defeats and an organisational drift over the past few years.