Overview
- Mukesh Nayak submitted his resignation on Saturday as the MP Congress media chairman, saying he wanted to make way for new leadership.
- Within hours, organisational general secretary Sanjay Kamle, acting on state president Jitu Patwari’s instructions, issued an order rejecting the resignation and asking Nayak to continue actively.
- PTI reported that a recent disagreement arose after state communication in-charge Abhay Tiwari did not accept one of Nayak’s decisions.
- The Congress shared the directive on X to contain fallout, while calls to Patwari, Nayak and Tiwari went unanswered, according to reports.
- BJP figures, including state media in-charge Ashish Agarwal, criticized the Congress on social media and portrayed the episode as evidence of factional strains.