Yet one other ploy to rig Congress polls in Odisha

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: In an announcement that shocked these demanding truthful and clear organisational elections within the Congress, the get together’s central management has requested its state items to move unanimous resolutions empowering the get together president to nominate state presidents and AICC members. The transfer is not going to solely scuttle elections for the put up of state presidents, however it would additionally assist rig the Congress Working Committee (CWC) polls with the central management appointing the AICC members who kind the committee’s electoral school.

Concerns have additionally been raised concerning the method through which the 9,300 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates have been chosen. These delegates will elect the brand new nationwide president. The Pradesh Returning Officers, who have been in-charge of supervising the election for PCC delegates, have been a gaggle of Gandhi household loyalists handpicked by the central management. These PROs ready the listing of PCC delegates in session with the central management. There have been no elections for PCC delegates in any state, besides the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

As a end result, the PCC delegates who will elect the brand new Congress president are rigorously chosen loyalists, and the AICC members who will elect the brand new CWC may also be chosen by the brand new get together president because the state items have been requested to authorise the get together president to nominate them. The complete course of is clearly rigged to elect both one of many Gandhis or their proxy because the get together’s nationwide president, and pack the CWC with their nominees.

This paper was the primary to disclose that the Congress get together’s organisational elections can be rigged. The management has now gone a step additional to additionally seize the posts of state president and CWC members.
Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday mentioned “the PROs will call a meeting of PCC delegates where they will pass resolutions to authorise the incoming president to appoint PCC presidents and AICC delegates.”He mentioned out of the 23 CWC members, 12 are elected whereas 11 are nominated. “If there are more than 12 contenders for the CWC elected seats then there will be elections,” he mentioned.

Jha’s plainspeak
“For almost two decades or more no one in the Congress expressed any interest in making the organizational polls transparent… As a result no one is ready to fight elections. And without a contest, the whole process will lack credibility,” former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha mentioned

NEW DELHI: In an announcement that shocked these demanding truthful and clear organisational elections within the Congress, the get together’s central management has requested its state items to move unanimous resolutions empowering the get together president to nominate state presidents and AICC members. The transfer is not going to solely scuttle elections for the put up of state presidents, however it would additionally assist rig the Congress Working Committee (CWC) polls with the central management appointing the AICC members who kind the committee’s electoral school.

Concerns have additionally been raised concerning the method through which the 9,300 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates have been chosen. These delegates will elect the brand new nationwide president. The Pradesh Returning Officers, who have been in-charge of supervising the election for PCC delegates, have been a gaggle of Gandhi household loyalists handpicked by the central management. These PROs ready the listing of PCC delegates in session with the central management. There have been no elections for PCC delegates in any state, besides the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

As a end result, the PCC delegates who will elect the brand new Congress president are rigorously chosen loyalists, and the AICC members who will elect the brand new CWC may also be chosen by the brand new get together president because the state items have been requested to authorise the get together president to nominate them. The complete course of is clearly rigged to elect both one of many Gandhis or their proxy because the get together’s nationwide president, and pack the CWC with their nominees.

This paper was the primary to disclose that the Congress get together’s organisational elections can be rigged. The management has now gone a step additional to additionally seize the posts of state president and CWC members.
Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday mentioned “the PROs will call a meeting of PCC delegates where they will pass resolutions to authorise the incoming president to appoint PCC presidents and AICC delegates.”He mentioned out of the 23 CWC members, 12 are elected whereas 11 are nominated. “If there are more than 12 contenders for the CWC elected seats then there will be elections,” he mentioned.

Jha’s plainspeak
“For almost two decades or more no one in the Congress expressed any interest in making the organizational polls transparent… As a result no one is ready to fight elections. And without a contest, the whole process will lack credibility,” former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha mentioned