Congress whip in Rajya Sabha, Bhubaneswar Kalita, has resigned over his party's stand on the government's move to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.

The MP claimed that the Congress party was committing suicide by opposing the abrogation of Article 370. In a letter circulating online, Bhubaneswar Kalita said that the party leadership had asked him to issue a whip but he felt that the "whip was against the nation's sentiments". Thus, he said, he decided to resign from the party.

"The Congress leadership is trying to completely destroy the party. No one can stop the Congress party from destruction," Bhubaneswar Kalita said in the letter.

Congress whip in Rajya Sabha, Bhubaneswar Kalita, has resigned over his party's stand on the government's move to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.

The MP claimed that the Congress party was committing suicide by opposing the abrogation of Article 370. In a letter circulating online, Bhubaneswar Kalita said that the party leadership had asked him to issue a whip but he felt that the "whip was against the nation's sentiments". Thus, he said, he decided to resign from the party.

"The Congress leadership is trying to completely destroy the party. No one can stop the Congress party from destruction," Bhubaneswar Kalita said in the letter.