Jitin Prasada was targeted by the UP unit of Congress in a resolution.
New Delhi:
Two days after a congressional unit in Uttar Pradesh sought action against former union minister Jitin Prasada over a “dissent” letter, which sparked a debate over the party’s leadership, Prasada said today that the “letter has been misconstrued. “. The letter, signed by 23 top party leaders, was the focus of a stormy seven-hour meeting of the Congressional Working Committee (CWC) on Monday.
“The letter is being misunderstood. I have full faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and they have full faith in me,” the 46-year-old leader told the PTI news agency, dismissing allegations that the purpose of the letter was to target senior leadership.
On Thursday, the congressional unit of the UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, some 130 km from Lucknow, in a resolution addressed to the acting head of the party, Sonia Gandhi, called for action against the 23 signatories, but pointed to Jitin Prasada, the Brahmin face of the party in UP. Mr. Prasada had represented the seat of Dhaurahra Lok Sabha, which is part of Lakhimpur Kheri, in 2009.
“Jitin Prasada is the only person from Uttar Pradesh who signed the letter. Her family history has been against the Gandhi family and her father Jitendra Prasad proved it by fighting in the elections against Sonia Gandhi. Despite this, Sonia Gandhi gave it to Jitin Prasada got a Lok Sabha ticket and made him a minister. What he has done is great indiscipline and the district congressional committee wants strict action against him and condemns his actions, “the resolution reads.
Today, Mr. Prasada told PTI that the “letter was written for the sole purpose of suggesting how to revitalize and revitalize the party, and do some introspection to galavnize the organization. It was not to undermine the top management. I said it in the Labor Congress Committee Meeting too. “
Senior leader Kapil Sibal, another signatory to the letter, had criticized the resolution in a tweet on Thursday. “It is unfortunate that Jitin Prasada is being an official target in the UP. Congress needs to target the BJP with surgical strikes rather than wasting its energy targeting theirs,” he wrote.
On Monday, after the seven-hour meeting, Congress said that Sonia Gandhi would continue as acting head until a meeting of the All India Congressional Committee (AICC), to be convened in six months. Congress also decided to establish a committee to examine the complaints of the ginger group of 23 leaders.
(With PTI inputs)
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