Saying it was “unbelievable how badly we misplaced”, All India Congress Committee common secretary and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja has advised The Indian Specific that the social gathering’s Haryana unit is in charge for the meeting ballot debacle, and that “the complete workforce of so-called strategists stored every part in their very own fingers”.
“The state unit of the social gathering did not capitalise on the bottom created by Rahul Gandhi ji. It’s unbelievable how badly we misplaced,” she mentioned, inserting the blame for the ballot drubbing on Haryana’s social gathering affairs incharge Deepak Babaria, Pradesh Congress Committee president Udai Bhan, Congress Legislature Social gathering chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and his son and Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda.
On the extreme factionalism inside the Haryana Congress unit, which got here to the fore over the past three weeks, throughout which Selja remained absent from the marketing campaign, she mentioned, “Then why did they not let me marketing campaign? Why did they (the state unit) monopolise ticket distribution? Selja solely stored quiet. What else might I’ve performed? Or ought to I’ve laughed out then and there? The complete workforce of so-called strategists stored every part in their very own fingers. We (Selja, Randeep Surjewala and earlier Kiran Choudhry, earlier than she give up Congress and joined the BJP) stored saying that the social gathering employees have been being ignored, however nothing occurred. They (the social gathering excessive command) referred to as us, they heard us, we gave our alternative of candidates, however they didn’t do something. The result’s right here in entrance of all people.”
Requested if she also needs to shoulder the blame for the factionalism inside the Congress, Selja mentioned, “It was an open factor that they don’t converse to me. He (Babaria) had been brazenly saying that he didn’t converse to me. He was additionally on their aspect. And, the good Dalit chief (Bhan), who was additionally on their aspect, additionally misplaced at present.”
On components that will have led to the Congress’s defeat, Selja, ostensibly referring to the Hoodas, mentioned, “We did not see what folks have been displaying us. We solely noticed what a specific set of individuals have been displaying. If we had taken this significantly, if we had labored out issues correctly, the outcomes would have been completely different at present. A number of social gathering employees have been propped up by them (the Hoodas) and guaranteed social gathering tickets. All of them turned rebels throughout the polling. I imply, they could haven’t contested as independents or jumped to different events, however they labored as rebels of their respective constituencies.”
Babaria, Bhan, Bhupinder Hooda and Deepender Hooda had spearheaded the social gathering’s marketing campaign in Haryana. Bhupinder had managed to get tickets for at the very least 72 candidates of his alternative, lots of whom misplaced.
“The farce of a strategists’ workforce that was created and finally managed by these folks has proven the outcomes at present. No one requested Selja. No one heard me. Their very own surveys, their assessments, their alternative of candidates – every part went unsuitable. They need to not have taken Haryana without any consideration. Even Jats voted in opposition to the Congress candidates and for the BJP. How do you clarify this now?” Selja mentioned.
Ever for the reason that Congress social gathering introduced its checklist of candidates, Selja had been lacking from the marketing campaign scene. She didn’t marketing campaign for almost two weeks and was seen solely on the social gathering’s stage in Assandh when Rahul addressed his first rally in Haryana on September 26. From there too, she campaigned for under a handful of candidates earlier than the campaigning got here to an finish on October 3.
After addressing public rallies in Assandh and Barwala, Rahul additionally held two highway reveals, roughly 100 km every overlaying greater than 40 constituencies, after which addressed his last rally in Mahendragarh on October 3 – the final day of campaigning.
Not simply Selja, the social gathering’s different veteran chief, Kiran Choudhry, had additionally been accusing the Hoodas of monopolising and manipulating the social gathering’s imaginative and prescient and technique in Haryana. This was the prime purpose for Kiran and her daughter Shruti quitting the social gathering and becoming a member of the BJP. Whereas Kiran was elected to the Rajya Sabha, her daughter Shruti Choudhry received from Tosham meeting constituency.
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