Congress chief Priya Dutt on Friday (April 5) dominated out the talks of her resignation from the celebration and stated that she doesn’t intend to take action, nonetheless, she has taken a “back seat”. This comes after stories emerged that she would give up the Congress and be part of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena forward of the Lok Sabha elections. Priya Dutt is the daughter of late actor and Congress chief Sunil Dutt and the sister of actor Sanjay Dutt.
What did Priya Dutt say on her resignation buzz?
“I have not resigned from Congress, I have not resigned, nor do I intend to. But I have taken a back seat. There is not possibility of me fighting the 2024 elections,” Dutt stated in an interview to India TV.
She knowledgeable that she didn’t need to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as effectively, nonetheless, she had conveyed about the identical to the celebration very late, because of which she later determined to proceed with being within the fray.
“My supporters know that I have been away from politics for last four years. It has been intentional because I did not want to contest the last elections but I conveyed to the party very late. I thought it would not have been just for the party to choose a new candidate, so I decided to fight the election. I took the conscious decision after that I would not contest the elections,” she stated.
Priya Dutt on younger leaders leaving Congress
When requested about younger leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Milind Deora quitting Congress, she stated that the projection of youths within the Congress has dwindled within the current previous, in contrast to earlier once they had been projected as the way forward for the celebration.
“On young leaders quitting Congress except Sachin Pilot, she said, “It may be very saddening as a result of I’ve labored with all of them. They have nice management qualities. They may very well be the way forward for this nation. It would have been very troublesome for them to make this choice as they’ve been related to the celebration for therefore lengthy. Earlier, there was once projection of youth within the Congress celebration. But after a whereas, that dwindled. The projection of youth together with Rahul Gandhi has gone lacking,” she stated.
Priya Dutt on Modi authorities’s work
The Congress chief lauded the Narendra Modi authorities for “completing the work started by the Congress government” in brief length.
“Modi government completed the work started by the Congress government. I congratulate them for that for doing in a short duration. The credit should go to both the governments. Nobody can predict the results. We should respect and have faith in the voters,” she stated.
Priya Dutt’s electoral background
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Dutt misplaced from the Mumbai North Central constituency to BJP’s Poonam Mahajan. Mahajan had defeated her on the seat in 2014 as effectively. In 2009, Dutt had defeated BJP’s Mahesh Jethmalani. She has been marginalised inside the celebration since 2019 after which the celebration has not given has accountability.
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