In one other blow to the Congress celebration in Uttarakhand forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, PCC basic secretary and state chief of Seva Dal, Rajesh Rastogi, tendered his resignation from all positions on Tuesday, citing the detrimental affect of dynastic politics on the celebration.
Rastogi, an advocate, and a grassroots chief, criticises former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat for “getting” a ticket for his son from the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat.
In his resignation letter addressed to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, PCC president Karan Mahara, and celebration in-charge for Uttarakhand, Kumari Selja, Rastogi mentioned the “rising dominance of dynastic politics is ending the celebration”.
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He charged that the Uttarakhand Congress leaders have been promoting tickets and inspiring factionalism, claiming that if these items weren’t beneath management, Congress wouldn’t have the ability to play an element within the opposition, PTI quoted saying.
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Rastogi asserted that the Congress would have retained energy in Uttarakhand if an sincere chief with a clear picture like Pritam Singh had been projected because the chief ministerial candidate within the 2017 meeting elections. “Congress celebration could have cancelled my ticket from Laksar meeting constituency in 2022, however I nonetheless stood firmly with the celebration,” he additionally mentioned.
He highlighted the allocation of a ticket to Harish Rawat’s son for the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat whereas disregarding the aspirations of senior leaders in search of to contest from the identical constituency. “Many different huge Congress leaders, upset with Harish Rawat’s promotion of dynastic politics in Haridwar seat, could resign from the Congress celebration inside a day or two,” he speculated.