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Don’t promise Congress tickets to anyone, high command tells state unit


Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Aug 22, 2017 : The Congress high command has instructed the Karnataka unit not to promise the party ticket to anyone, including the seven rebel MLAs of the JD(S), for the next year’s Assembly elections. The party is planning to field many new faces.

 

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The MLAs met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on August 16 and expressed their willingness to join the Congress. They claimed that the Congress high command had promised them party tickets, but a senior leader said no such assurance was given.

During their meeting with Rahul, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara were also present, the Gandhi scion said their “interests” would be protected. That does not mean they will get the party ticket, the leader said.

The Congress is wary of giving tickets to defectors from other parties as that could alienate its loyal workers. Many in the Congress are unhappy with the party for giving “too much importance” to newcomers. Promising tickets to the JD(S) defectors would upset the rank and file, the leader said.

As winning the Assembly elections has become a matter of prestige, the Congress will give the ticket purely on the basis of an aspirant’s winnability. It plans to conduct a survey in all constituencies to gauge the popularity of each aspirant.

Recently, some Congress leaders from Karnataka urged the high command against giving a “free hand” to the state unit in finalising the candidates. They want the selection of candidates to be a “broad-based” exercise to ensure adequate representation of different castes and regions. They expressed the apprehension that a few politicians in the state could “hijack” the selection process. They want wider consultation before the tickets are issued.

Their main worry is that many former JD(S) leaders, whom the chief minister welcomed into the Congress, would be favoured. They have been complaining to the high command for long that Siddaramaiah always gives importance to his erstwhile colleagues in the Janata Parivar.


courtesy:DHNS


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