Uniting faction-hit Mandi Cong a tough task

Dipender Manta

Tribune News Service

Mandi, April 12

Ending factionalism in the Congress in Mandi district is a daunting task for the party high command. After the miserable performance of the party in the MC election in Mandi, Congress leaders are blaming each other.

Senior Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur and Ashray Sharma have come face to face to target each other for the election rout. Kaul Singh attributed the defeat of Congress to wrong allocation of party tickets. Ashray Sharma, grandson of former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram, was also in selection committee panel along with other Congress leaders like G S Bali, Vinod Sultanpuri, Rajiv Kimta, Champa Thakur and others.

Ashray Sharma said, “The final ticket allocation to the candidates was done by the party high command after consent of Kaul Sigh and district Congress Committee president Prakash Chaudhari at Shimla.”

In Mandi, Congress workers are divided into four groups. One section of workers in Mandi is strong supporter of Kaul Singh, while other section is follower of Congress leader Pandit Sukh Ram.

The third section of workers stands firmly behind Virbhadra Singh and fourth section is backing Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.

As a result, Congress is lagging far behind the BJP in Mandi.

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