Lucknow /New Delhi
Former HRD and law minister Kapil Sibal today announced his resignation from Congress party and filed his nomination for the June 10 Rajya Sabha election from the Samajwadi Party.
Sibal, a prominent member of the G 23 who flagged lack of reforms in the Congress, had taken a staunch position against the party’s ruling Gandhi family and had literally walked to the point of no return by arguing publicly that Gandhis should step aside from the leadership position and enable meaningful change.
With other G 23 members Ghulam Nabi Azad, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Anand Sharma among others reaching a compromise with the leadership, Sibal was largely isolated in the anti-Gandhi space.
Filing his RS nomination from Uttar Pradesh today with the support of Samajwadi Party, Sibal said he would work to bring anti-BJP forces together to fight the Modi government in 2024 General Election.
Sibal, earlier, hosted opposition leaders twice to this effect.