Bhopal: Assembly gherao by Madhya Pradesh Congress shows fissures in the party
Former leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and son of late Arjun Singh, Ajay Singh said, "Factionalism would not lead us to anywhere. Nothing would come out of raising slogans and the Congress will have to become united if it wants to revive in Madhya Pradesh."
As supporters of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath tried to show their strength to each other by raising slogans in favor of their respective leaders, Youth Congress national president Raja Brar could not stop himself from commenting on the harm that they were causing to the party.
"India would have never got independence if Congress workers behaved like this during the independence struggle," Brar said.
Brar was not the only one to comment on the division among the Congress leaders.
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Former leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and son of late Arjun Singh, Ajay Singh said, "Factionalism would not lead us to anywhere. Nothing would come out of raising slogans and the Congress will have to become united if it wants to revive in Madhya Pradesh."
Even Digvijaya Singh echoed the same sentiment.
"We are out of power for the past 13 years. We could not contest past elections unitedly. There were lot of shortcomings in us," Singh said.
Both Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia are eyeing for a leading role in Madhya Pradesh and though both have publicly refrained from accepting this, their supporters have made it more than obvious whenever the Congress tries to show its strength.
Before the gherao, Congress general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh , Mohan Prakash had urged party workers to take police blows on their chest, but in the end nothing much happened. Police refrained from using any kind of force as Congress workers meekly surrendered.