‘Can’t be selective…’: Anand Sharma slams Congress’ tie-up with ISF in Bengal

Image Source : FILE PHOTO/PTI Anand Sharma demanded solutions from the Congress’ Bengal unit over alliance with ISF.
The previous vs new divide throughout the Congress seems to be widening quickly with veteran chief Anand Sharma brazenly slamming the social gathering’s resolution of getting into into an alliance with Indian Secular Front (ISF) led by Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui. 

In a collection of tweets, Anand Sharma demanded solutions from the Congress’ Bengal unit whereas describing the alliance resolution as ‘painful and shameful’.

“Congress cannot be selective in fighting communalists but must do so in all its manifestations, irrespective of religion and colour. The presence and endorsement West Bengal PCC President is painful and shameful, he must clarify,” Sharma stated.

Reacting to Anand Sharma’s assertion, Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury sought to downplay the difficulty.  

“We’re in charge of a state and don’t take any decision on our own without any permission,” Chowdhury stated.

“Congress’ alliance with parties like ISF and other such forces militates against the core ideology of the party and Gandhian and Nehruvian secularism, which forms the soul of the party. These issues need to be approved by the CWC,” he went on so as to add. 

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Anand Sharma’s outpour got here simply a few days after Congress leaders together with Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal and others launched a veiled assault on the social gathering management throughout an occasion in Jammu. 

The group of ‘dissenters’, in an obvious message to the youthful era throughout the social gathering, underlined that Congress is turning into weak. 

“All of us have covered a very long distance to reach where we are today. Nobody among us has come through the window, all of us have walked through the door. We have come through the students’ movement, the youth movement,” Anand Sharma had is what seemed to be an assault on Rahul Gandhi. 

“Congress has weakened in the last decade. Our voice is for the betterment of the party. It should be strengthened everywhere once again. New generation should connect (to party). We’ve seen good days of Congress. We don’t want to see it weakening as we become older,” he added.

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