Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat, who recently announced his decision to quit politics, today withdrew his resignation and said he will continue to serve the Congress.
"I had about two weeks ago sent my resignation as General Secretary, All India Congress Committee and from the Congress party purely for personal reasons, to concentrate on social service minus any party tag," he said.
"However, during the last fortnight a large number of senior party leaders tried to convince me to rethink on the decision. My meeting with my party President Sonia Gandhi helped me to make up my mind that the Congress party is the best platform to serve the people of this country," the 61-year-old former Union Minister said in a statement.
The party was hopeful of his coming back and was also making efforts to address reasons for his perceived grievances.
"I will continue to serve under the leadership of Honble Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Honble Vice President Rahul Gandhi with the same charge of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu as informed to me late last night.
I will be meeting the people of my in-charge states starting tomorrow," Kamat said.
A senior party leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Kamat was unhappy over the way some issues had been handled by Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam and party general secretary Mohan Prakash, who is incharge of Maharashtra.
"An apparent reason for his unhappiness was the way issues relating to Mumbai North East, the constituency he has represented in Lok Sabha, had been handled," the party leader said.
