Lucknow, July 10 -- Former Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Ashok Singh, who resigned from the party after a 35-year association on Thursday, alleged that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was being "deceived" as veteran party workers were being sidelined in favour of those who had joined the party only recently.

Speaking to ANI after his resignation, Singh questioned the party's organisational decisions and claimed that long-serving Congress members were being ignored despite their decades of commitment.

"I had been working with the UP Congress Committee for 35 years. The question arises: where are the original Congress members today? Appointing people who joined just 1-2 years ago to positions while ignoring long-...