‘It harms the get together’: Congress chief helps Harish Rawat amid post-poll faction preventing

By ANI

DEHRADUN: Amid rising blame recreation throughout the Uttarakhand unit of the Congress, the get together’s manifesto committee chairman for just-concluded state polls Navprabhat lent his help to the previous Chief Minister Harish Rawat, saying that it’s not proper to degree allegations of sale of tickets and posts after the ballot outcomes.

Navprabhat on Thursday stated that if such allegations (by the Congress leaders within the state) have been right, they need to have been delivered to the fore on the preliminary phases and never after the ballot outcomes.

“If they are levelling allegations and that person (Harish Rawat) had played his part in selling tickets when holding an important post, then a warning should have been issued on the same day. It is not correct to level such allegations after the declaration of results. It not only harms an individual but the entire party,” Navprabhat advised ANI.

Earlier this week, Rawat responded to the allegations, saying that the fees be proved and actions, together with expulsion from the get together, ought to be taken towards him if they arrive true.

“The allegation of selling posts and party tickets is very serious. If the allegations are being levelled against a person who has been Chief Minister, state president of the party, and the general secretary, then the matter becomes more serious,” Rawat had stated in a Twitter publish on Tuesday.

“I pray to God, the Congress expels me in light of these allegations (if they’re true),” he had added.

After a ballot drubbing in state Assembly polls and with Lok Sabha elections simply two years away, Navprabhat referred to as for addressing the difficulty of factionalism within the get together ranks and stated that these indulging in such acts be not given necessary posts.

“Factionalism should not be given protection at any cost and those inciting such activities should not sit on important posts. We should create such a situation that these things could be stopped. The Lok Sabha elections are not far away and we cannot even be optimistic with the prevailing situation,” he stated.

He stated that Congress ought to work on “collective leadership”.

“It is not appropriate to form your own faction and promote it. Leadership is always collective and so is responsibility. The onus for defeat cannot be put on any particular person. If a new faction was deliberately created in any Assembly constituency and the Congress candidate was harmed by any senior leader in the elections, then the party should consider it as a very serious allegation and action be taken,” he stated.

The Congress chief additionally urged the High Command to conduct an in-depth evaluate and arrange a ‘chintan shivir’.

On being requested about some Congress leaders being accused of serving to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Navprabhat stated that this positively passed off in some constituencies.

“This allegation cannot be proved easily but it can be assessed,” he stated.

Navprabhat additionally emphasised the position of Congress as an Opposition get together within the state Assembly.

“Leader of Opposition and president of the party have important roles in the party,” he stated.

The Congress chief stated that from 2007 to 2012, Congress was in Opposition within the state. “Yashpal Arya served in the party as state president and after that Congress came to power. It is important to study how he worked. A review should be conducted on the way party operated during 2007- 12 and 2017- 22,” he stated.

The BJP retained energy in Uttarakhand, successful 47 seats. Congress, which was banking on anti-incumbency towards the state authorities, received 19 seats within the 70-member state Assembly.

The Assembly elections have been held in Uttarakhand on February 14 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The outcomes have been declared on March 10.