A prominent lawyer and the youngest national spokesperson in the Congress, Jaiveer Shergill severed ties with the grand old party on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know about him.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Jaiveer Shergill resigned from all Congress party posts on Wednesday.
- He was the party's youngest national spokesperson.
- Shergill is a prominent lawyer practising in the Supreme Court.
The Congress continues to bleed with the resignation of Jaiveer Shergill, the youngest national spokesperson appointed by the party and a rising star. The 39-year-old said he decided to sever all ties with the grand old party as sycophancy is eating into the organisation like "termites". In a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Jaiveer Shergill not only listed the reasons behind his move but also took swipes at the party leadership. He stated that the Congress is “consistently ignoring on-ground reality” and that the “vision of the party's decision-makers is no longer in sync” with the aspirations of the youth. "Furthermore, it pains me to say that decision making is no longer for the interest of the public and the country, rather it is influenced by the self-serving interests of individuals indulging in sycophancy and consistently ignoring ground reality. This is something I cannot morally accept or continue to work with," he wrote.
Jaiveer Shergill is the latest in the exodus of leaders from the Congress, whose electoral fortunes and political clout have been on a downward trajectory since 2014. Earlier this month, former MPs Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma quit party posts in their home states.
Here's all you need to know about Jaiveer Shergill:
- A member of the new guard, Jaiveer Shergill was among the youngest and most prominent spokespersons of the Congress.
- He was born in Punjab’s Jalandhar on June 28, 1983. His father was a lawyer who specialized in cases relating to money laundering.
- After completing his schooling in Jalandhar, he enrolled in the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata. He graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in law, and did his master’s in law from UC Berkeley School of Law, University of California.
- In 2008, he joined the chambers of senior advocate and Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
- As a practicing advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Shergill has been involved in various high-profile cases and represented industry giants like telecom operator Vodafone and the Tata group.
- Prior to his resignation, Shergill served as the National Media Panelist for the Congress, spokesperson of the Punjab Pradesh Congress and co-chairman of the legal cell of the party’s Punjab unit.
- Speaking to reporters after quitting the Congress, he claimed he was not allowed to hold press conferences for the past few months.
- Regarding his future plans, Shergill said they would only be known in the future.
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