: Not many in the Tamil Nadu Congress are happy with the pace at which appointments to crucial positions in TNCC are being handled, with a few leaders reportedly taking the issue up with the high command pointing fingers at State observer Mukul Wasnik.
Sources in the TNCC said three months have passed since the split in the party engineered by former Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan, but the vital vacancies created by the defection are yet to be filled.
“Imagine the implication. Close to 30 District President (DP) posts, the crucial cog in the wheel of the organisation, have remained vacant for three months and hardly anyone seems to be bothered,” said a senior leader.
The TNCC saw 23 DPs leaving the organisation with Mr. Vasan. Even before the split, five such positions were vacant.
After a direction from the Central leadership, Mr. Wasnik, who is currently in-charge of Tamil Nadu, toured the State extensively seeking inputs for major changes to be effected nationally in the party.
Yet, the decision on the TNCC appointments is yet to be made. The reason for the delay could be pulls and pressures of different factions, who want their men to be appointed to the key position, sources said.
“This slow decision-making process cost the party dearly in the past,” said a former MP.
Some leaders have also represented to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi that the method of consultation by the AICC has to change.
“Even today, only four or five leaders are consulted by the high command for issues relating to Tamil Nadu. Some of them have no connection with the masses and wrong inputs are being given,” alleged another former MP.
Some of these issues are likely to be taken up with Mr. Wasnik when he visits the State again on March 7.
Crucial positions yet to be filled and no one seems to be bothered, says a leader