Leader quits over Congress demand for air strike proof

Patna: In what could be seen as a jolt to Bihar Congress ahead of the general election, senior leader and spokesman Binod Sharma resigned on Saturday, contending the party should not have demanded evidence of Balakot air strike. In a letter addressed to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Sharma said the party high command has hurt the sentiments of ground-level workers and the common people by raising questions over the “pre-emptive” strike on the terror camps in Balakot, days after the Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy. He added he wrote to Gandhi several times in the last month, apprising him of the sensibilities of workers, but his requests went unheard.