GG News Bureau
Barabanki, 25th Jan. In another major setback to the Congress, veteran party leader and former MP Anand Prakash Gautam resigned from the party alleging neglect of workers.
Veteran Congress Leader Gautam announced his decision at a press conference on Monday night. Gautam alleged that due to money and muscle power of prominent leaders in the district, grassroot and hardworking workers are being neglected.
Anand Gautam was a member of the Rajya Sabha for two terms.
Without taking the name of former MP PL Punia, Anand Gautam alleged that a senior leader of the party is trying to “fix his equations” to make his son win from the Jaidpur assembly constituency and has no time to talk in favor of other candidates.
“Such leaders are neglecting grassroot workers and disappointed over this, I am resigning from the primary membership of the party,” he said.
In his resignation sent to the UPCC president, the veteran leader Gautam said that he was hurt by the chaos at the local level in almost all the districts of the state.
Senior Congressmen are being deliberately neglected, Gautam alleged.
Gautam said that he had tried to meet national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra many times and also talk to her on phone but the people around her never let him meet her.
When asked if his leaving the party was linked to his son Jayant Gautam’s aspiration to contest from Haidergarh seat, Gautam said there is no such issue.
“In 2012, I myself was seeking a ticket from Haidergarh but did not get it. The one who was given the ticket had later left the party,” Gautam added.
Elections for 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to be held in seven phases starting Feb 10. Voting will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 & 7. The counting of votes and result declaration will take place on March 10.
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