Veteran Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned as the chairman of the party's foreign affairs department on Sunday (August 10, 2025) to help in its reconstitution and enable bringing in younger leaders.
The former Union minister led the department for around a decade as the National Committee of Department of Foreign Affairs was last constituted in 2018.
"As I have conveyed earlier both to CP and Chairperson CPP, in my considered view, the committee needs to be reconstituted to bring in younger leaders of potential and promise. That will ensure continuity in its functioning.
"Expressing my gratitude to the party leadership for having entrusted me with this responsibility, I am submitting my resignation as Chairman DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) to facilitate its reconstitution," Mr. Sharma said in his resignation letter addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Mr. Sharma, a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body in the party, has been the Congress's leading face on international affairs for almost four decades.
