Sajjan Kumar resigns from primary membership of party

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Sajjan Kumar resigns from Cong primary membership, writes to Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday.

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Working to bring 99 pc things in sub-18 pc GST slab: Modi

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A humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants: Mamata

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Three lions die after being run over by train in Gujarat

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