A senior Shiv Sena leader claimed on Friday former Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi would join his outfit, after it was reported she had quit the grand old party.
Sanjay Raut, who is a Rajya Sabha MP and executive editor of Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamana, was quoted by ANI as saying “Priyanka Chaturvedi will join Shiv Sena today”.
Chaturvedi, who had emerged as one of the most visible faces of the Congress in recent years, had removed her designation as a Congress spokesperson on her Twitter account, sparking speculation she had quit the party.
Hours after reports of her resignation emerged on Friday morning, Chaturvedi uploaded her resignation letter on her Twitter handle. Chaturvedi had criticised the Congress in a tweet on Wednesday for reinstating some party workers who allegedly misbehaved with her in Mathura. This incident has been considered one of the main factors that triggered her resignation.
However, the contents of her resignation letter are bound to fuel speculation of unmet political ambitions.
In the letter addressed to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Chaturvedi mentioned that she and her family, including kids, had to “face personal threats, slander and abuse”. Chaturvedi wrote, “I have not asked, sought rewards or returns for myself in the hope that party and its leadership will take care of my aspirations”.
“In the last few weeks, certain things have convinced me that my services are not valued in the organisation and that I have reached the end of the road,” Chaturvedi wrote.
Chaturvedi also accused the Congress of not acting on its promises of promoting "safety, dignity and empowerment” of women, citing the inaction against some Congress members who allegedly misbehaved with her. She declared "this indignity to me has been the final factor to convince me to move on and focus on other things outside INC".
