Congress legislators revolt against party chiefs in Tripura, Nagaland
A section of Congress leaders and legislators in Tripura and Nagaland have revolted against their state party chiefs and have demanded their immediate removal, party sources said yesterday.
The Congress is the main opposition party in Tripura and Nagaland and is in power in the remaining five northeastern states -- Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front and Naga People's Front (NPF)- led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) are at the helm of affairs in Tripura and Nagaland, respectively.
Seven of the total 10 Congress MLAs have asked party president Sonia Gandhi to oust incumbent president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Samir Ranjan Barman, alleging massive irregularities in the organisational election and non-functioning of the party in the state.
Similarly, 13 of the 19 Congress legislators in Nagaland want a change in the state leadership.
In a letter to AICC president Sonia Gandhi, the aggrieved Congress legislators demanded the immediate removal of Barman, also the former chief minister of Tripura. The letter said: 'Under his (Barman) leadership, the Congress is getting marginalised and has lost all the elections over the years miserably.'
The agitated leaders include Congress party leader Ratan Lal Nath and former TPCC president Gopal Roy.
When contacted, a visibly annoyed Congress' Tripura party chief Barman told IANS: "Let them (the dissident leaders) do whatever they like."
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