Jaipur:

The Congress party in Rajasthan suffered a major setback after nearly 400 of its members resigned as main party members on Friday, throwing the party into crisis, party sources said.

The Congress formed an alliance with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RLP) for the Nagaur Lok Sabha seat and left the seat vacant to the RLP.

Nagaur MP and RLP president Hanuman Beniwal was sent here by the Congress party.

Meanwhile, three Congress workers were suspended for six years on Monday for campaigning for Jyoti Mirdha, the BJP candidate from Nagaur, based on Beniwal’s complaint.

Soon after Congress leaders including former MLA Bhararam, Kuchera Municipal President Tejpal Mirdha and Sukharam Dodwadiya were suspended, Congress workers in Nagaur were angry.

In protest against the suspension, three Congress leaders resigned from the party.

Meanwhile, addressing a press conference on Friday, Tejpal Mirdha said: “In the assembly polls, the Congress is in a strong position in Nagaur. It has won four out of eight seats. Even in the Lok Sabha Its position is equally strong in the opinion polls, so why form an alliance with the RLP.”

“Hanuman Beniwal is an instrument trying to destroy the Congress party in Nagaur. Congress workers are deeply shocked to be in alliance with such a person. That is why we all collectively resign,” he added road.

“The Congress high command entered into an alliance with the RLP without the consent of the local Congress unit. This alliance was forced on us. The RLP had worked hard to defeat the Congress in the entire district. We have never been on the same page as the BJP . Nonetheless, Benivar was expelled “We were expelled from the party. The Congress directly issued the Tughlaqi decree expelling us without any information or any excuse,” he said.

“Now Congress is not the same party it was in the past. Here is a man who is running the party as per his wishes and will. It is important that this message reaches the Congress high command that the party is destroying itself.” Raja Steinbon. Recently, Beniwal said at one of his campaign events that there are five to seven such party workers in the Congress who campaign for the BJP in the name of Congress MPs. These people should be kicked out,” he said, adding, “I have said the same to district Congress chief Zakir Hussain and Rajasthan Congress chief Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa if. “

The Congress on Monday night suspended three party members, including Jyoti Mirda’s cousin Tejpal Mirda, for six years.

Meanwhile, Congress worker Varun Purohit said, “This is BJP propaganda. It is all fake. People in the crowd are not always Congress members.”

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