Kapil Sibal is the latest to resign from Congress, saying it is important to have an independent voice Sunil Jakhar, former Punjab Congress president and three-term MLA, joined BJP on May 19 Patidar leader Hardik Patel, in his resignation letter, attacked Congress leadership Ex-Union minister Ashwani Kumar quit Congress in February, in the middle of polls in multiple states Another ex-Union Minister, RPN Singh, who spent 32 years in Congress, joined BJP in January Amarinder Singh quit Congress ahead of Punjab polls amid a tussle with then party chief Navjot Sidhu Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma switched to Mamata Banerjee's TMC last year In one of the biggest losses for Congress in Assam, Sushmita Dev also joined TMC last year Jitin Prasada switched to BJP in July 2021. He is now in the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Jyotiraditya Scindia quit Congress in 2020 and joined BJP. He has been made Civil Aviation Minister