SaralnamaLevelling serious charges against senior Congress leaders in Haryana, including “fielding loyalists as Independents to ensure defeat of party candidates in the 2024 Assembly elections”, six-time former MLA and former minister Sampat Singh quit the Congress on Sunday. The 76-year-old Congress leader emailed his resignation to party national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday evening, a month after he took a dig at former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s appointment as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in Haryana. Sampat told The Indian Express that he was feeling relieved but did not open his cards. “I will consider what to do next tomorrow (Monday) morning. As of now, I’m feeling relieved.” In his resignation letter, Sampat levelled serious charges against party leadership over “mishandling” the 2024 Assembly elections. “Close aides of state leadership, fielded as Independents to ensure defeat of Congress… (Updated 3 Nov 2025, 10:51 IST; source: link)
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- Levelling serious charges against senior Congress leaders in Haryana, including “fielding loyalists as Independents to ensure defeat of party candidates in the 2024 Assembly elections”, six-time former MLA and former minister Sampat Singh quit the Congress on Sunday