Priyanka Chaturvedi joins Shiv Sena | Photo Credit: ANI

New Delhi/Mumbai: Priyanka Chaturvedi, who quit the Congress party as its national spokesperson earlier on Friday, has joined the Shiv Sena. Priyanka Chaturvedi joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray at his official residence Matoshree in Mumbai. The duo addressed the press on this occasion.

Earlier, Priyanka quit the Congress just two days after expressing her discontent over some UP party workers being reinstated in the party, who she says had misbehaved with her.

A few months back, Priyanka had gone to Mathura parliamentary constituency where reports suggest some party workers misbehaved with her over rumours that she was seeking ticket from the seat.

When she returned, she complained about the incident to party high command and the workers were suspended. However, following an intervention by Jyotiradtiya Scindia, the Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (West), the state unit committee decided to revoke their suspension and reinstate them to the party recently.

The workers were let off with an advice to ensure that such an incident was not repeated in the future.

On Wednesday, Priyanka wrote a scathing tweet saying that "goons" were getting preference in the party. She said, “Deeply saddened that lumpen goons get preference in @incindia over those who have given their sweat and blood. Having faced brickbats and abuse across board for the party but yet those who threatened me within the party getting away with not even a rap on their knuckles is unfortunate (sic).”

Earlier today, she removed 'National Spokesperson-Congress' from her Twitter bio, leading to speculations of her resignation from the party. Her Twitter bio now reads, "Columnist. Blogger. Saree Hoarder. Mother. Travel. Books. Music. Tweets personal, RTs not endorsement," only.

In her resignation letter addressed to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, she highlighted the incident as the "final factor" to make her feel that her services were no longer required in the party. Priyanka said that if she continues to stay in the party, then it'll be the cost of her own self-respect and dignity.

I am absolutely overwhelmed and grateful with the love and support I have got across board from the nation in the past 3 days.

I consider myself blessed with this immense outpouring of support. Thank you to all who have been a part of this journey. pic.twitter.com/WhUYYlwHLj — Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) April 19, 2019

Stressing that Congress party has always promoted women empowerment and has been Rahul Gandhi's call as well, Priyanka that it was not reflected in the action on some of the party members.