Rift in Cong blamed for rout in Solan ZP poll

Tribune News Service

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Solan, January 25

The district unit of the Congress is facing the ire of party leaders who had lost the Zila Parishad poll allegedly due to factionalism within the party.

Baldev Thakur, who was the party’s nominee from the Salogra ward in Solan block, today blamed the senior party leaders for the defeat. He alleged that senior party leaders had blamed the Solan MLA openly before the media and they worked against the party candidates. All this proved instrumental in his defeat.

Another senior leader from Arki DD Sharma, who had occupied significant posts like block development committee member, state general secretary, district vice president, etc., today resigned from the primary membership of the Congress as well as from the post of district convener of the Rajiv Gandhi panchayati raj organisation in the party. He had lost from the Domehar ward in the ZP polls held recently.

Arki is the home turf of former CM Virbhadra Singh.

Addressing mediapersons at Arki, he alleged that three zila parishad candidates had lost from Arki and this has put a question mark over the local leaders who were favouring weak candidates.

He blamed factionalism within the local Congress unit as well as pursuance of dynasty politics for this dismal performance. He questioned when three pradhans can win polls from the home turf of the state secretary from Kunihar, how could the BJP candidate secure huge lead from the same area. He said this has put a question mark over the working of the local leaders who were hand in gloves with the BJP.