Leaders of the BJP not fielded in the coming assembly elections in Manipur are on their way out, their destination the Congress, or any other party that would give them a ticket.
Sampat Pal, the founder of the famous 'Gulabi Gang' group that fights violence against women, has quit the Congress ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections after she was denied a ticket.
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Published: Sunday, March 14, 2021, 18:47 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 14: In an embarrassment to the Congress in Kerala, Mahila Congress President Lathika Subhash on Sunday resigned from the post following denial of Ettumannur seat to her, shortly after the candidate list for the April 6 Assembly polls was released in New Delhi.
Lathika Subhash
The senior leader also shaved her head sitting at the front courtyard of the party office as a mark of protest for denying ticket.
Subahsh, who met reporters at the party headquarters Indira Bhavan here, soon after the party chief Mullappally Ramachandran announced the candidates list at New Delhi said it was short of women candidates.
Sonali Guha, once a close aide of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and a four-time MLA of the party, on Sunday said she will join the BJP, two days after being denied a ticket for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.