KOTA: Senior Congress leaders in Bundi have accused the party leadership of not seeking their opinion and ignoring the Brahmins in ticket distribution in 23 wards of Bundi zila parishad elections scheduled on November 23.
A delegation comprising senior party and Brahmin leaders met PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday in Jaipur and conveyed him of their dissatisfaction. The party’s state chief also reportedly admitted to ‘overseeing of experience and Brahmins in ticket distribution.’
The son of senior Congress leader and Pipalda MLA Ramnarayan Meena and former zila pramukh of Bundi Mahaveer Meena had sought party’s tickets for zila parishad election and had filed nomination papers but their names were found missing from the official list of candidates.
The two leaders were assured of party symbol, but the names of other party workers appeared in the official list issued on Tuesday evening, said a party worker.
In order to prevent dissidence, Congress did not release the list of its zila parishad candidates in 23 wards of Bundi zila parishad.
Expressing anger over ticket distribution, senior Congress leader and former state minister Harimohan Sharma said the party leadership gave tickets to those who played vital role in defeating the party in parliamentary and state assembly elections.
Sharma also did not justify denial of party ticket to Shiv Meena, son of Ramnarayan Meena. The party in charge for the zila parishad ticket distribution should not have asked Shiv Meena to file nomination if the leadership had intended to give the party symbol to someone else, he added.
“It is unfortunate that for the post of zila pramukh in Bundi, despite being open for general category, no Brahmin or general category candidates were given tickets but an OBC candidate hailing from Gurjar community was nominated by the party,” Harimohan Sharma said.