I joined the Indian National Congress party as a youth and it has been an important journey spanning 48 years, the former minister said in a post on X. Today I am resigning from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress Party with immediate effect.
Mumbai Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui on Thursday said he has resigned from the Congress after being a member of the party for nearly five decades. Siddiqui was a prominent minority face of the Congress in Mumbai who was also a minister during the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) coalition government. I joined the Indian National Congress party as a youth and it has been an important journey spanning 48 years, the former minister said in a post on X. Today I am resigning from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress Party with immediate effect.
He said, there is a lot that I want to express but as it is said some things are better left unsaid. I thank everyone who has been a part of this journey. The former Congress leader took this step days after the Election Commission of India recognized the Ajit Pawar faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Siddiqui’s son Zeeshan Siddiqui is currently the Congress MLA from Bandra (East), Mumbai.