In Pics | Top 5 Congress leaders who quit in 2022

From veteran politicians Kapil Sibal, and RPN Singh to youth leader Hardik Patel, here we take a look at the politicians who have parted ways with the Congress party after serving the party for decades...

Kapil Sibal | Congress veteran Kapil Sibal, who was with the party for three decades, gave yet another jolt to the electorally battered party by announcing his separation from the party. Sibal resigned from the party on May 16 and filed his nomination as a Samajwadi Party-backed independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh. Credit: PTI Photo

Sunil Jakhar | Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar, gave a jolt by resigning from the party in May 2022. He joined the BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda. Belonging to the Jat community, Sunil, son of a Congress stalwart and a popular farmers’ leader Balram Jakhar, is a three-term MLA and a former Lok Sabha member from Gurdaspur. Credit: PTI Photo

Hardik Patel | Patidar leader Hardik Patel, another prominent figure from Congress, resigned from the party claiming that top leaders of the party were distracted by their mobile phones and Gujarat Congress leaders were more interested in arranging chicken sandwiches for them. In his resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi ahead of this year’s Gujarat Assembly poll, he accused the party’s top leadership of behaving as if they hated Gujarat and Gujaratis. Credit: PTI Photo

Ashwani Kumar | Former Congress leader Ashwani Kumar disassociated himself from the party ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls after a 46-year association, saying he can best serve national causes outside the party fold. He also said that the state election results signal the

RPN Singh| Just weeks ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress leader RPN Singh quit the party and joined the BJP, a setback to the grand old party. After joining the BJP, Singh said the Congress is not the same party where he worked for 32 long years and wants to contribute to the nation's development while reposing faith in Prime Minister Modi. Credit: PTI Photo