AICC in-charge’s endorsement of party rebel candidates contradicts Puducherry unit chief’s stand

AICC in-charge for Puducherry Girish Chodankar’s endorsement of six enactment rebel candidates successful the caller Assembly election, straight contradicted the basal of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) main V. Vaithilingam connected the issue.

The six candidates had filed their nominations earlier allocation of constituencies among constituents of the Congress-DMK alliance. However, aft the spot sharing workout was completed the PPCC had asked these candidates to retreat from the race. However, they refused. Mr Vaithilingam had past declared them arsenic “rebels” and said enactment would beryllium taken against them. He had adjacent disapproved of AICC spokesperson Dolly Sharma’s contention that this was “friendly fight”.

However, connected Saturday, Mr Chodankar, who was connected a two-day sojourn to Puducherry told journalists enactment would not beryllium initiated against the six candidates arsenic they were fixed summons by the Congress party. “They person not indulged successful immoderate anti- enactment activities arsenic the Congress enactment lone gave tickets to them. They are precise overmuch successful the party,” helium said.

Incidentally, post-polls, the Congress had unilaterally snapped ties with the DMK successful Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

A DMK person told The Hindu the confederation did not spell creaseless chiefly due to the fact that of the candidature of six Congress members. The DMK was made to judge that aft the members refused to withdraw, the Congress was considering them arsenic rebels, helium added.

“The connection of AICC successful complaint was conscionable other to the basal taken by Congress leaders successful Puducherry, particularly Mr. Vaithilingam. Now, we don’t cognize whether they had truly asked the members to retreat arsenic it was made retired to the confederation partners and the media. If they person truly asked them to withdraw, and if they person not obeyed the directions of the enactment leadership, their enactment should beryllium construed arsenic 1 of indiscipline lone and accordingly disciplinary enactment should person been taken,” the DMK person said.