Kapil Sibal quits Congress, Joins SP

UP, 25/5: After being at loggerheads with the party leadership for the past couple of years, senior MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday announced the end of his decades-long association with the Congress after filing his nomination papers as an independent candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh with Samajwadi Party’s support.

 

 

The 74-year-old lawyer-politician, who said he quit the Congress on May 16, met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at the party office in Lucknow. Later, he submitted his nomination paper for the election in the presence of Akhilesh and senior party leader Ramgopal Yadav

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