Just like Jyotiraditya Scindia, who in November 2019 removed ‘Congress’ from his Twitter bio and then followed to join the BJP in March 2020, Congress MLA from Rae Bareli seems to be walking the former’s footsteps by removing ‘Indian National Congress’ from her Twitter bio.
Her profile now reads as – “MLA Rae Bareli Sadar, Uttar Pradesh. Masters in Management Studies, Duke University. Forever trying to be a practitioner of Ayurveda, Yoga and Plant Based Living.”
The MLA known for being a rebel and speaking her mind. She was one of the supporters within the Congress party to support the government’s move to abrogate Article 370 and 35 A. In October 2019, she defied her party’s instruction to attend the Assembly’s special session called by Yogi Adityanath’s government. The party had called for disqualification of the MLA and a complaint regarding the same is pending with the Speaker.
More recently, she came down heavily on her own party over the migrant worker bus issue and praised Yogi Adityanath for his efforts to bring migrant workers back home safely.