5 Congress MPs in letter to party poll chief: Concerns on transparency, fairness

Asserting that they are “concerned” about transparency and fairness in the election process for the post of Congress president, five Lok Sabha MPs of the party have written a joint letter to Madhusudan Mistry, who is the chairman of the Congress Central Election Authority, saying it must provide the list of Pradesh Congress Committee delegates that make up the electoral college. The letter comes at a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is spearheading the party’s ambitious Bharat Jodo Yatra road campaign, which started in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari last week. On Friday, Rahul indicated in Nagercoil that he is not likely to be in the fray for the top post.