Cong. leaders were conspiring against me ahead of Polls: Vaghela

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Veteran leader Shanker singh Vaghela, who quit the Congress two days ago, resigned as Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly on Sunday. In his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he alleged that party leaders never accepted him wholeheartedly, and had actively worked to ensure his defeat in several elections over the past couple of decades.

 He said some Congress leaders were conspiring against him ahead of the Assembly polls, expected to be held in Gujarat in December. Hence, I strongly feel that I should not remain in the party at the cost of my dignity and self-respect,” he said in the letter. Vaghela also thanked Gandhi for making him Union minister in the UPA-1 government.

Venting his anger on the Congress, Vaghela claimed he was left with no other option but to resign as his suggestions for the upcoming Assembly polls were not accepted. “As I can see right now that once again history is repeating itself, as a well-planned conspiracy within the party is at work for ousting me during the forthcoming elections.