‘Is Congress a Bollywood khan-dan?’ What Shehzad Poonawalla told Rahul Gandhi before quitting party in 2017
Shehzad Poonawalla's two resignation letters contrast sharply: in 2017, he quit Congress over its dynastic politics; his BJP exit cited personal reasons
In 2017, Shehzad Poonawalla, a Congress party member, resigned from the party and wrote a lengthy letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. His letter, unlike his resignation letter to the BJP, was critical of Congress' dynastic politics. In his letter, Poonawalla criticized the party's decision to choose the president through an unfair process, comparing it to a Bollywood political family.
He questioned whether Congress was a private limited company or a Bollywood khan-dan, a phrase he used to describe Rahul Gandhi becoming Congress general secretary that same year. Poonawalla joined Congress in 2008, working diligently for the party for eight years before becoming secretary of the Maharashtra Congress unit in 2016.
However, in 2017, he began distancing himself from the party due to his dissatisfaction with the election system and the party's political practices. He eventually resigned from Congress in December of that year.
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