Priya Dutt Sacked From AICC, Says It’s Nothing to Be Upset About

Dutt says the organisation needs young people and she has served long enough.

Former Lok Sabha MP and Congress member Priya Dutt was removed from the position of Secretary of All India Congress Committee on 26 September 2018.

The Congress loyalist tweeted a letter from AICC on Sunday, 30 September 2018, stating that she has been relieved from her duties as the secretary of the committee.

I recieved a letter relieving me of my duties as secretary AICC, I am very Thank full and extremely grateful to Mrs Gandhi and Rahulji to have given me this opportunity to serve the party for all these years. I thank all my colleagues in AICC for their help and guidance. pic.twitter.com/s4trhBBAJg

— Priya Dutt (@PriyaDutt_INC) September 30, 2018

Many reactions questioning the move of AICC emerged on Twitter after Dutt’s post, majority of which were directed at Congress. After the continuous remarks, the former AICC secretary tweeted on Monday to clarify that the letter had “nothing to be upset about”.

Want to clarify there is nothing to be upset about this letter, this is a process, I have been AICC secretary long enough, new and young people need to be brought into the organisation. If each one holds on to positions forever where will the other aspirants go.

— Priya Dutt (@PriyaDutt_INC) October 1, 2018

After the party’s performance in 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, Dutt had called out Congress’ age-old structure in a tweet which said Congress is “destroying itself”. She had said that the party suffers from an “autoimmune disease”.

Cong has shown repeatedly thatit suffers from an autoimmune disease Cong destroys Cong we need to be treated from within to be healthy again

— Priya Dutt (@PriyaDutt_INC) March 15, 2017