Priyan­ka Chatur­vedi joins Shiv SenaMUMBAI: A spokesperson for India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday and joined a group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, complaining that misbehaviour towards her by male Congress members was ignored. pic.twitter.com/WhUYYlwHLj — Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) April 19, 2019She told a news conference she had joined Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist group allied with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). Her resignation is another problem for the former ruling Congress party, which is facing a confident BJP, despite concerns about farm incomes and a lack of jobs. She said the male party members she accused of misbehaviour were reinstated this week after being suspended. A a senior Congress source, who declined to be identified,defended the party’s decision to lift the members’ suspensionafter “due procedure”.

Source: The Express Tribune April 19, 2019 12:33 UTC