Congress meeting ends on happy note
The Congress has four MLAs from the city while BJP has only one. The party has always done better in the assembly elections even though
there were differences among the local party stalwarts. The part high command is now trying to arrange an eleventh hour truce between the warring leaders. Some local leaders had told the party high command that unless MP Vilas Muttemwar was pacified, it could prove costly. AICCC general secretary Digvijay Singh was slated to meet Congress workers and aspirants for party tickets for the assembly elections on Monday.
However, this meeting was postponed for Tuesday morning. Singh spent the entire evening trying to resolve differences between Muttemwar and the three party MLAs. The feud is five yearsold and cost Congress the 2007 NMC elections. Congress’ victory margin in the parliamentary elections has came down from 98,000 in 2004 to 25,000 in 2009. Sources said that Muttemwar told Singh that many supporters of Chaturvedi, Ahmed and Raut had openly worked against him during the parliamentary elections. The three had also skipped the inaugural function of his election campaign attended by chief minister Ashok Chavan and MPCC president Manikrao Thakre.
The three MLAs maintained that they had worked dedicatedly for the party even though Muttemwar had not treated them with respect. Ahmed and Raut pointed out that the Congress had a lead over the BJP in their constituencies. Chaturvedi claimed that while BJP led over Congress in the new East Nagpur constituency, in the existing constituency the Congress had polled more votes. While the meeting ended on a conciliatory note, sources are keeping their fingers crossed about whether Muttemwar will stick to his promise.
The Congress has four MLAs from the city while BJP has only one. The party has always done better in the assembly elections even though
there were differences among the local party stalwarts. The part high command is now trying to arrange an eleventh hour truce between the warring leaders. Some local leaders had told the party high command that unless MP Vilas Muttemwar was pacified, it could prove costly. AICCC general secretary Digvijay Singh was slated to meet Congress workers and aspirants for party tickets for the assembly elections on Monday.
However, this meeting was postponed for Tuesday morning. Singh spent the entire evening trying to resolve differences between Muttemwar and the three party MLAs. The feud is five yearsold and cost Congress the 2007 NMC elections. Congress’ victory margin in the parliamentary elections has came down from 98,000 in 2004 to 25,000 in 2009. Sources said that Muttemwar told Singh that many supporters of Chaturvedi, Ahmed and Raut had openly worked against him during the parliamentary elections. The three had also skipped the inaugural function of his election campaign attended by chief minister Ashok Chavan and MPCC president Manikrao Thakre.
The three MLAs maintained that they had worked dedicatedly for the party even though Muttemwar had not treated them with respect. Ahmed and Raut pointed out that the Congress had a lead over the BJP in their constituencies. Chaturvedi claimed that while BJP led over Congress in the new East Nagpur constituency, in the existing constituency the Congress had polled more votes. While the meeting ended on a conciliatory note, sources are keeping their fingers crossed about whether Muttemwar will stick to his promise.
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