Anand Sharma

Anand Sharma, who resigned from the steering committee of the Himachal Pradesh Congress on Sunday, 21 August, said that he had been "vilified and humiliated ...

The leader also wrote that his "self respect is non-negotiable." "Is the Congress only confined to these two names? Speaking about the treatment meted out to G-23 members, Sharma said, "We are the builders of this Congress. The group came to be known as ' [G-23](https://www.thequint.com/topic/g23)'. "Why I was not invited to be part of all the meetings is what I cannot answer. "I did not ask that I be made the chairman of a steering committee," he said.

The rebellion of loyalists such as Anand Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad not only exposes the fact that several seniors are uncomfortable working with Rahul ...

With such loyalists rebelling, it is the Gandhis who lose the perception battle. In Punjab, when Capt Amarinder Singh split to form his own party, he may have lost the polls but he ended up damaging the Congress in the state and building the perception that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra cannot keep the party together. The worry is similar in Sharma’s case and attempts are being made to placate him at the state level. While critics of Anand Sharma argue that he is not a grassroots leader and hence can’t do much harm in Himachal polls, the fact is that he has been one of the staunchest loyalists of the Gandhis, especially Sonia Gandhi. Azad, too, has been one of the oldest Congress leaders who rose to power since the times of Indira Gandhi. Add to it the fact that

Sharma's decision to resign as chairman of party's steering committee for the state polls comes days after another G23 member, Ghulam Nabi Azad, ...

“I have resigned with a heavy heart from the chairmanship of the steering committee of the Congress for the Himachal elections. “The chairman of the steering committee was neither informed nor invited for any of these meetings,” Sharma is learnt to have written. I have resigned with a heavy heart from the Chairmanship of the Steering Committee of the Congress for the Himachal Elections. Sharma was appointed head of the 10-member steering committee for Himachal Pradesh in April. While sources close to Sharma said he was feeling “humiliated” by the “continuing insults and deliberate exclusions”, a party leader said “everything was part of a calibrated strategy to rid the AICC” of what he called the clutches of the “cabal”. [Jammu](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/jammu/) and Kashmir, senior leader Anand Sharma resigned as chairman of the party’s steering committee for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections on Sunday.

The senior leader told Sonia Gandhi in a letter that he was not consulted on the planning for the assembly elections and cited several examples where he was ...

The AICC had also announced eight other committees, including a steering committee with Anand Sharma as chairman and Asha Kumari as convenor. Sharma’s resignation from the top party position also comes as a blow to the Congress’ efforts to placate the “rebels” within. However, he told Gandhi that he will continue to campaign for the party candidates in the state. The sources said the senior Congress leader told the party president that meetings of the core group of the HPCC and senior leaders on election strategy and preparations have since been held both in Delhi and Shimla. A former Union minister and deputy leader of the Congress in Rajya Sabha, Sharma was appointed chairman of the steering committee in Himachal Pradesh on April 26. Sharma has told the Congress chief that he has been ignored in the consultation process.

Anand Sharma Resigns: कांग्रेस नेता आनंद शर्मा ने हिमाचल प्रदेश चुनाव (Himachal Pradesh Election) के लिए ...

आनंद शर्मा का इस्तीफा हिमाचल प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव से कुछ दिन पहले आया है. आनंद शर्मा को हिमाचल प्रदेश के सबसे बड़े नेताओं में माना जाता है. पत्र में आनंद शर्मा ने लिखा कि 26 अप्रैल को हिमाचल कांग्रेस के स्टीयरिंग कमिटी का प्रमुख बनाने के बावजूद आज तक उनकी भूमिका स्पष्ट नहीं की गई.

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