

The News Minute | July 21, 2014 | 3.21 pm ISTIts been a bad day for the Congress with rebellions and resignations in four different states.In the very north, a former MP has resigned, and in Haryana, a Congress leader is demanding the CM's ouster. In the eastern state of Assam, the Congress is protesting against its own chief minister, demanding that he be removed. In Maharashtra, a senior leader has resigned, apparently sulking because he’s been passed up too many times.In Jammu and Kashmir Senior Congress leader and former MP Chaudhary Lal Singh quit the party on Monday. Chaudary Lal has represented the Udhampur constituency twice for the Congress.In Haryana, according to reports, Congress leader Birender Singh, while rebelling against the state government, has demanded Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's resignation. Assam Chief Minster Tarun Gogoi could very well be the brand ambassador for the best adhesive. Lok Sabha debacle, riots and even political rebellion cannot bring him down. In yet another bid to unseat Tarun Gogoi, rebel leader Himanta Biswa Sharma, the health minister tendered his resignation as a minister from the cabinet. Sharma has not quit as Congressman yet, but he has with him 18 other resignation letters. Sharma has declared that he cant work with Gogoi 'physically or mentally’.In Maharashtra Narayan Rane has quit from his post as Industries Minister, giving a Congress a mild headache. His resignation has led speculation in the obvious direction: Will he quit the party, and join the BJP?Having left the Shiv Sena in 2005 expecting to be made chief minister, Rane has been passed up for the post repeatedly by the Congress. This is reportedly the reason he resigned, even though in a press conference he has said that he could not work with the Prithviraj Chavan.It is unclear what the Congress will do, as although Rane was once politically powerful enough to be called “King of the Konkanâ€, his clout has diminished considerably in the last few years.