At least 19 Congress MLAs, believed to be loyalists of former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, met state Congress in-charge Vivek Bansal in New Delhi on Thursday and demanded “strong leadership” for the social gathering within the state.
Party sources declare that some members of the delegation prompt a substitute within the state Congress management saying, “If you want to come to power again, we need a strong leader here”.
At current, former Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja is the state president of Congress.
When contacted by The Indian Express, Congress in-charge Vivek Bansal rubbished rumors of recent factionalism within the social gathering and claimed that not one of the MLAs raised the problem of adjusting the state unit president.
“The discussion was about a roadmap for local body elections, zilla parishad elections and organizational structure at the district level,” Bansal stated.
Party sources stated that the members of the delegation additionally raised the problem of non-formation of district models of the Congress for the final eight years.
After the assembly with Bansal, the Congress MLAs later reached the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda, the place Hooda had organized lunch for the social gathering MLAs. Sources stated that some extra Congress MLAs from Hooda camp had been presupposed to be a part of Thursday’s delegation however couldn’t be a part of resulting from some causes.
The Congress has 31 MLAs within the 90-member Haryana Assembly.
Congress MLA from Badli meeting constituency Kuldeep Vats, who can also be thought-about an in depth aide of Bhupinder Hooda, stated, “Bhupinder Hooda is our chief. We can not stroll with out the blessings of our chief. Bhupendra Hooda is the chief amongst all of the MLAs who got here right here at present.
He has been the Chief Minister for ten years. He is the chief of the CLP at current.” Asked whether he wanted a change in the party’s state leadership and whether Deepender Hooda’s name was in contention for the post, Vats said, “Look, Deepender Hooda ji is a younger man. are leaders. The difficulty of change in management must be regarded into by the excessive command. We have conveyed our sentiments to the excessive command. Next week we’ll meet KC Venugopal, then we may even meet Soniaji and Rahul Gandhiji.
Vats stated, “Today we mentioned how we are able to increase the problem and assist the farmers who’ve been protesting on the streets for the final a number of months. [panchayat, civic body] Elections are additionally approaching. We additionally mentioned how we are able to strengthen Congress beneath Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s management.
The Congress MLA additionally stated that the problem of appointment of district and block presidents must be regarded into by the social gathering command.
At the identical time, a supporter of Kumari Selja accused the Hooda camp of stalling the method of appointment of district and block presidents.
“If these appointments are made, what issue will be left for them to take up?” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
