Youth Congress General Secretary resigns opposing Mithun Rai's candidature
Mangaluru: Mangaluru South Assembly constituency's Youth Congress General Secretary Karthik Poojary has resigned alleging that the party has ignored Billawas and gave the ticket to Mithun Rai for the Lok Sabha elections.
"I have served as the general secretary of the Youth Congress in Mangaluru Assembly constituency for the past two years. Six months ago, the party had suspended the District Congress youth president Mithun Rai. During his term, he did not cooperate with the poor youths except his friends. This time, the Billawa community should had got the Lok Sabha ticket," he said in his letter.
Speaking with Varthabharati regarding this, Karthik Poojary said, "I resigned from my post opposing the injustice being done to the Billava Community. I have decided to support Modi now. Yet I have not decided to join BJP. It will be decided in the future."
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
