Bitter fight

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Bitter fight
factionalism in Haryana Cong to the fore

 

Haryana Congress continues to be a faction-ridden battleground with the majority of leaders pitted against each other. This came out clearly again when state PCC President Phool Chand Mulana, a loyalist of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, called a meeting of the Haryana PCC in Chandigarh. While AICC general-secretary Hari Prasad was stranded at Delhi airport due to fog and could not make it to the meeting, the three big leaders of Haryana – Selja, Kiran Chaudhary and Chaudhary Birender Singh – did not attend as they had all been suspended by the PCC President and as far as anyone knows, the suspension has not been revoked. Their claim is that since they are AICC members, so the PCC has no jurisdiction to suspend them. This was their plea against their suspension for not attending the  meeting. Only one MP and two state ministers were present at the meeting, which was a complete non-starter...READ MORE