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Gaya, Oct 19 (IANS) As the excitement for the Bihar Assembly elections heats up, internal dissent within the Congress in Magadh has come to the fore, with Gaya Zilla Parishad president and party leader Naina Kumari launching a scathing attack on the state leadership, accusing it of “openly betraying” the party’s ideology and “Rahul Gandhi’s vision of social justice”.
Addressing reporters, Naina Kumari said, “There is deep sadness and anger today among supporters, workers and members of the Congress family who have faith in the people’s leader Rahul Gandhi. Some party leaders in Bihar have openly betrayed Rahul Gandhi’s vision, ideas and work done for the people.”
He criticized the seat-sharing arrangement under the grand alliance, saying that of the seven seats allotted to the Congress in the region, six were given to general category candidates and only one was given to the reserved category.
He said, “In the land of Magadha, where the voice of justice, equality and fairness has always been strong, allocating six out of seven seats to the general category and only one seat to the reserved category under the alliance is not only unbalanced but also against the basic principles of the Congress ideology. This decision is contrary to the principle of social justice.”
Naina Kumari also accused Bihar in-charge Rajesh Ram, Krishna Alavaru and Devendra Yadav of “biased behaviour” and “manipulation” in ticket distribution.
“These leaders have weakened the policies and vision of Rahul Gandhi. They are engaged in all kinds of malpractices in ticket distribution. Rahul Gandhi has always advocated justice for the last man in the society. Some leaders in Bihar who are doing politics in his name are betraying Rahul Gandhi by misusing his name. This is also a betrayal of the hard work, hopes and loyalty of lakhs of workers,” she alleged.
He said the Congress has historically stood for the backward classes, extremely backward classes and minorities, but the current ticket distribution shows that “some leaders have compromised on principle”.
She said, “People’s leader Rahul Gandhi had said that women, backward classes, extremely backward classes and minorities should be brought into the mainstream. Similarly, I am also a woman from an extremely backward community. Whatever part should have been mine was given to someone else instead of me. It is a matter of great humiliation and sadness for us that some leaders have compromised the policies of the party for their personal gains. We condemn this process.”
Calling for corrective action, Naina Kumari demanded that the Congress high command immediately review the entire matter and “restore social balance in Magadh”.
–IANS
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