GOA PRADESH CONGRESS MINORITY DEPARTMENT CONVENOR RIYAZ SHAIKH RESIGNS
PANAJI: Riyaz Shaikh of Margao on Tuesday resigned as State Convenor of Goa Pradesh Congress Minority Department and also from primary membership of the party with immediate effect.
In his resignation letter sent to Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar, Shaikh said, “I have taken this decision since our Congress minority leader and former Pradesh Congress Minority chairman Urfan Mulla has stepped down from Congress Party that we minorities were being used without getting any benefits.
Without my leader it won’t be possible for me to work for the party. Hope you will accept my resignation.”
Shaikh has however thanked the Congress Party for giving him an opportunity to serve the party and his people.