n the first revolt against the ascendancy of Rahul Gandhi in the Congress, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Das, resigned from the party on Tuesday.
Das resigned saying Rahul Gandhi and his coterie was running the party. He also said that Rahul was the in-charge of the entire country.
"There is an unconstitutional power coterie. They don't have any knowledge, they are not Congressmen and they are all surrounding the 'Yuvraj' of the Congress party. It is unfortunate that only that coterie has an access to him, nobody else can tell him anything. He is controlling the entire Congress part and he is controlling the entire nation. If he is not happy with you, I mean specially if his coterie is not happy with you, you cannot be in party," Das claimed.
The senior Congress MP also alleged that the old leadership is being ignored.
He also resigned from the membership of the Rajya Sabha.
When the Rajya Sabha met in the morning, Das went up to Chairman Hamid Ansari and handed over his resignation letter saying, "I have no faith in the Congress party."
However, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development Renuka Chowdhary said that there is no need for anyone to be feeling sidelined.
Das is known as the Congress party's Man Friday in Lucknow and has been one of the main fund-raiser of the party. He owns hotels and other businesses in the city.
He was miffed after he was replaced by Jitin Prasada as the Minister of State for Steel in the recent Cabinet reshuffle.
Who is Akhilesh Das
* Akhilesh Das is the son of former UP chief minister late Shri Banarsi Das and late Shrimati Vidyawati Devi and was born at Lucknow on March 31, 1962.
* Das made his political debut in early 90s. He upbringing in politics was largely under Congress leader Pramod Tiwari.
* He became Lucknow's youngest mayor in 1992.
* He was also the General-Secretary of UP Congress Committee.
* An international badminton player from 977-83, he was also the Vice-President of the Badminton Association of India and the chairman of UP Badminton Association.
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