Aizawl, Feb. 20: Congress stalwart and former Union minister C. Silvera quit the party yesterday. In a short letter to PCC chief Lalthanhawla, Silvera said, ?I hereby inform you that I have resigned from my primary Congress membership as of today, February 19, 2003.?
A copy of the resignation letter has been sent to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and chief of the Tuikhuahtlang unit to which Silvera belonged.
Silvera said he had no immediate plans to join another political party. ?I am retiring,? he said. However, sources said bad blood between Silvera and Lalthanhawla might have prompted the decision.
For many years now, Silvera had sought changes in the PCC leadership.