New Delhi: Citing his disagreement “with among the people at the moment in positions of energy within the social gathering”, senior Bihar Congress chief Shakeel Ahmed resigned from the social gathering hours after polling within the state was concluded.

In a letter addressed to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, the previous well being minister of Bihar stated he had taken this determination with “a really heavy coronary heart” earlier, however had determined to attend till the polling was full as a result of he didn’t want that “any flawed message be despatched earlier than polling, or that the social gathering lose even a single vote due to me”.

Ahmad’s grandfather, Ahmad Gafoor, the letter says, was elected as a Congress MLA in 1937. After his dying in 1948, his father, Shakoor Ahmad, was elected as an MLA in 1952 on a Congress social gathering ticket, and between 1952 and 1977, he was elected 5 occasions as a Congress MLA from totally different constituencies. “After my father’s passing in 1981, I actually have been elected 5 occasions as an MLA and MP from the Congress Get together since 1985,” Ahmad stated.

Regardless that in April 2023, when he had determined to not contest any extra elections, Ahmad had informed the social gathering that he would stay a Congressman for all times, “now even that doesn’t appear potential,” he stated.

“Ultimately, I’d as soon as once more prefer to reiterate that my variations is perhaps with some people at the moment in positions of energy inside the social gathering, however I’ve unshakeable religion within the Congress social gathering’s insurance policies and rules,” he added.

A former Union Minister of State for Dwelling and Communications within the Manmohan Singh authorities and a medical physician by coaching, Ahmad has served each as a Member of Parliament and as Bihar’s Well being Minister. He has deep political roots in Madhubani.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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