Tewari, Lucky to pick Cong candidates

Senior leaders of the Congress have unanimously authorised MP Manish Tewari and city party president HS Lucky to select the party candidates for the Mayoral posts as per the understanding reached with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), while stating that all seven councillors of the Congress are equally competent and capable.

Sources said the arrangement settled with AAP during the previous mayoral elections would continue. The AAP would field its candidate for the post of Mayor, while the Congress would get the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

A meeting of senior office-bearers of the Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Committee was held today under the leadership of MP Manish Tewari and city Congress president HS Lucky to monitor the efficacy of the Municipal Corporation in managing civic affairs and other burning issues faced by residents.

Rajiv Sharma, chief spokesperson for city Congress, said speaker after speaker lauded the sincere efforts of the seven Congress councillors in trying to restore the lost glory of the city despite the obstacles being created by the BJP and the UT Administration at every step. A resolution placing on record the appreciation of the remarkable work being done by the Congress councillors in the service of the people of Chandigarh was passed unanimously during the meeting.

Tewari stated that he had been making honest efforts to find ways and means to break into the veil of bureaucratic inertia afflicting the city, which has stemmed from undemocratic style of their functioning and decision-making process. Stating that such an attitude of the administration is the root cause of almost all ills afflicting the city, he assured the people that he would not relent till the administration did not begin to reflect the real hopes and aspirations of the city residents. Reiterating that the Congress is committed to fulfilling its election promises, Tewari asked the councillors and party activists to dedicate themselves in the service of the city with their full might.

Lucky stressed the need to add more members to the booth-level committees of the party in order to ensure extensive participation of people in party programmes. Lucky appealed to the residents of the city to join its fight against the ill-advised and anti-people decision of the administration to privatise the Electricity Department.