Great-Grandson of C Rajagopalachari, Resigns from Congress

Chennai: CR Kesavan, the great-grandson of India’s first Indian-born Governor-General, C Rajagopalachari, quit the Congress party on Thursday.

He shared his resignation letter on Twitter and said that he can no longer concur with “what the party symbolizes, stands for nor seeks to propagate”.

“I have not seen any vestiges of the values that made me work for the Party with dedication for over two decades. I can no longer in good conscience say that I concur with what the Party presently symbolizes, stands for nor seeks to propagate. This is why I had recently declined an organizational responsibility at the National Level and also refrained from participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he said.

“It is time for me to chart a new path and therefore I resign from the Primary Membership of the Congress Party with immediate effect. I have also submitted to the appropriate authority my resignation as a Trustee of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee Charitable Trust. There will be speculation of me going to another Party but to set the record straight, I have not spoken to anybody and honestly do not know what will unfold next,” he added.

Attached herewith is my Letter of Resignation from the Indian National Congress. Jai Hind !@ANI @PTI_News @the_hindu @IndianExpress @NewIndianXpress @TimesNow @republic @IndiaToday @CNNnews18 @HindustanTimes @dna @DeccanChronicle @EconomicTimes @livemint @thewire_in @TheQuint pic.twitter.com/9CHzPgVfan

— C.R.Kesavan (@crkesavan) February 23, 2023

Around a month back Congress leader AK Antony’s son, Anil Antony parted ways from the party after criticising the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.