The exchange highlights the friction within the Tamil Nadu Congress ahead of the state elections.
Chennai:
A person who became a member of parliament primarily due to the influence of his father is unlikely to understand how “hard work” can turn one into a state-level party official, one of many newly elected congressional officials has said. from Tamil Nadu. The tweet containing his comment cited that of party MP Karti Chidambaram, the son of a former Union finance minister, who discards giant committees that “are useless.”
The comment by K Mahendran, who was named Tamil Nadu’s party general secretary on Saturday, along with 57 other state-level officials, sparked friction within the state-owned national party just months before the assembly elections.
Many workers from the Youth Congress, NSUI, Mahila Congress, and scheduled caste department officials have joined the Tamil Nadu Congressional Committee, Mahendran said in his tweet. “Some (who) became deputies because of their father cannot understand,” he said, citing the post from the Sivaganga deputy.
Many youth congress workers, NSUI, Mahila congresses, SC Department officials came to @INCTamilNadu Committees not for his Father. My hard work from Nsui IYC first came to the state team. I hope that some have become deputies because my father cannot understand.@KS_Alagirihttps://t.co/THFF9hU37l
– Mahendran .. விவசாயி .. விசுவாசி (@iycmahe) January 2, 2021
Mahendran’s comment was published on the same day as the MP’s, on which he had spoken out against his party’s decision to appoint 32 vice presidents, 57 general secretaries, 104 secretaries, 56 executive committee members, 32 ex officio members. and 200 other members of the Tamil Nadu Congressional Committee.
“These giant committees are useless … None will have authority, which means they will not be held accountable,” Chidambaram tweeted.
The appointment of the giant team by Congress is being seen as an attempt to motivate and strengthen the party at the grassroots level.
The MP’s critical comments followed his father P Chidambaram’s support for dissidents during a recent meeting with the president of Congress, Sonia Gandhi. The former Minister of Finance of the Union had supported the calls for elections at all levels and also demanded the reconstitution of the Parliamentary Board of Congress.
Congress has traditionally played a marginal role in Tamil Nadu, a state that goes to the polls in April-May. For the most part, it has aligned itself with DMK, a party that now seeks to replace the current AIADMK regime, which in turn is part of the BJP-led NDA.
The last time a congressional government ruled Tamil Nadu was in 1967.
“It has been more than 50 years since the Tamil Nadu Congress was in power. Therefore, we cannot reward our leaders with government positions. We can only give them partisan positions for their loyalty. In any other party they would have resigned. Congress, stay in the party spending their own money for 50 years, “A Gopanna, one of the newly appointed vice presidents, told NDTV.
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