AICC leader Nana Patole quits as Kisan Congress chief

Kisan Congress President Nana Patole on Saturday stepped down from his party post, a day after several office-bearers of the Congress tendered their resignations. In a tweet on Saturday, Patole wrote that he was resigning as the chairman of the Kisan Congress and "dismissing" the unit.

Nagpur (Maharashtra): AICC leader from Maharashtra, Nana Patole, has joined a group of Congress office-bearers to quit following a debacle of the party in the recently-held Lok

Sabha elections. Patole had lost to BJP's Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur seat.

In a tweet on Saturday, Patole wrote that he was resigning as the chairman of the Kisan Congress and "dismissing" the unit.

• कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष के रूप में अपना इस्तीफा वापस ना लेने के लिए @RahulGandhi जी का दृढ़ निर्णय है।
  हार हमारी सामूहिक जिम्मेदारी है,इसलिए मैं किसान कॉंग्रेस राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष पदसे इस्तीफा दे रहाओर किसान कॉंग्रेस बॉडीको बरखास्त कर रहा हूं।हम देशहित में राहुल जी,कॉंग्रेस के साथ खडे है। pic.twitter.com/CK6D139cjo

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  कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष के रूप में अपना इस्तीफा वापस ना लेने के लिए @RahulGandhi जी का दृढ़ निर्णय है।
  हार हमारी सामूहिक जिम्मेदारी है,इसलिए मैं किसान कॉंग्रेस राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष पदसे इस्तीफा दे रहाओर किसान कॉंग्रेस बॉडीको बरखास्त कर रहा हूं।हम देशहित में राहुल जी,कॉंग्रेस के साथ खडे है। pic.twitter.com/CK6D139cjo

  — Nana Patole (@NANA_PATOLE) June 29, 2019

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  कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष के रूप में अपना इस्तीफा वापस ना लेने के लिए @RahulGandhi जी का दृढ़ निर्णय है।
  हार हमारी सामूहिक जिम्मेदारी है,इसलिए मैं किसान कॉंग्रेस राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष पदसे इस्तीफा दे रहाओर किसान कॉंग्रेस बॉडीको बरखास्त कर रहा हूं।हम देशहित में राहुल जी,कॉंग्रेस के साथ खडे है। pic.twitter.com/CK6D139cjo

  — Nana Patole (@NANA_PATOLE) June 29, 2019

A string of Congress leaders from various states have tendered their resignations in a bid to give a "free hand" to Gandhi to restructure the party.

The Congress President himself had announced his decision to quit after the poll debacle but the Congress Working Committee (CWC) wants him to stay on.

Gandhi had reportedly expressed his disgust over some leaders of the party clinging to their positions even after the electoral defeat.

"Rahul Gandhi is firm on not withdrawing his resignation as Congress President. Loss is a collective responsibility. Hence, I am resigning from the post of chairman of Kisan Congress- AICC and dismissing Kisan Congress body. We are in the interest of the nation standing with Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party," Patole tweeted.