Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique resigns from Congress

Baba Siddique had been associated with the Congress for 48 years.

Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique resigned from the Congress on Thursday with immediate effect. Baba Siddique had been associated with the Congress for 48 years.

Baba Siddique

“I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant journey lasting 48 years. Today I resign from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress Party with immediate effect,” Baba Siddique wrote on social media X (formally Twitter).

"There’s a lot I would have liked to express but as they say some things are better left unsaid. I thank everyone who has been a part of this journey," Baba Siddique added.

The move comes days after the Election Commission of India recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the real National Congress Party (NCP).

Baba Siddique's son is currently a Congress MLA from Bandra (East) in Mumbai.

Baba Siddique was an MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as a minister of state for food and civil supplies, labour and FDA, (2004–08) and had also served as a municipal corporator earlier for two consecutive terms (1992–1997).

Baba Siddique has also served as the chairperson and senior vice president of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee and parliamentary board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.