Infighting in Congress in the wake of its electoral debacle in Uttar Pradesh came out in the open with PCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Thursday saying that there should no blame-game when the party is in crisis.
She was responding to allegations made by party MP from Sultanpur, Sanjay Singh that neither the party nor several of the candidates from Amethi wanted him to campaign during the polls. His wife Ameeta Singh lost to an SP candidate in the district.
“The whole party cadre was collectively responsible for the showing in the state. It is wrong to indulge in a blame-game at this moment when the party is in crisis, and it was the duty of the MP to campaign,” Ms. Joshi said reporters here.
She said leaders at the local level acted “irresponsibly” and there was a “lot of sabotage” within the party at that level.
“However, sabotage at the local level was not the only reason for the party’s defeat as it was in the case of many parties,” she said.
Ms. Joshi said that she was going to Delhi on Friday and will meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a day or two.
When asked about her resignation in the face of poor performance of the Congress in the polls, she said that the matter will be discussed in the meeting.
Earlier, Mr. Singh said, “It is unfortunate (that he did not campaign), but neither the party, nor the candidates wanted me to be there...So I didn’t go.”
He said, “Candidates didn’t feel that I being a Member of Parliament is going to help. They thought they themselves were enough.
“These gentlemen who were made candidates in my five segments opposed me. I was of the view they may lose or that there was no candidate who could win in these five segments.”
Keywords: U.P. poll results, poll debacle, Congress
The Congress Party lost because it eminently deserved to lose.The Party was giving overriding importance to turncoats like Beni Verma and Punia who were well past their prime, not particularly known for their transparency and ceased to have any influence even in their so called pocket borough.The body language of Digvijay Singh was loathsome to the voters.Sri Prakash Jaiswal's "prediction" of 200 seats for the Congress party and his own dream of becoming Chief Minister with the "blessings and Ashirvad" of the High Command was a flight of fancy showing thereby that he was living in a fool's paradise.Rahul Gandhi's tearing up of Samajvadi Party's manifesto was churlish and indicative of his utter contempt for democratic norms.Gandhi family's security cover was too intrusive and intimidating which did not go down well with the voters. With leaders of such low calibre devoid of any scruples or an iota of morality , the party was in no need of enemies to decimate it at the hustings
There is no use for infight yourself now,be smart ,think wisely not crucked,choose corruption free leaders to stand for election,be sincere to the people of our nation,you are the law makers not the law brackers,never support lavishely to any religious group,always work hard to take our nation to top of the world,help the needy and unfortunate people in every area without looking at what religion is he or she.Most culprists in india today is the law makers and law infofrcement people .They have to change and make india fit to live for mankind and your success is gurenteed. Please respect the prople of india ,they are not stupid. I have a request for congress that you to change the way you doing bussiness. National congress stand for central election only and you to set up state congress for state election just like canada.That way central party never blame for what ever happen in the state.(In kerala congress is known as Kerala congress and in tamilnade is tamilnade congress so on)
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