The Youth Congress elections ended on Friday and Harshit Singhai was “elected” by 12 votes.
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- Harshit Singhai of BJP was elected general secretary of the Youth Congress
- But he had left Congress in March
- However, the update had not been reflected in the party’s records in nine months.
Bhopal:
Congress, in an embarrassing slip in Madhya Pradesh, elected a youth wing general secretary who has long since left the party and is now in the BJP. The leader’s “election” has now been canceled, but congressional critics hold the mistake as a symptom of the party’s disconnect from the realities on the ground.
On Friday, Harshit Singhai, a BJP leader, was shocked when he began receiving messages of congratulations on his new “post” in Jabalpur. He had resigned from Congress in March, when dozens of MLA and party workers followed Jyotiraditya Scindia to the BJP.
However, the update had not been reflected in Congressional records in nine months.
Organizational elections for the Youth Congress ended on Friday and Harshit Singhai was “elected” by 12 votes.
“The most ridiculous thing is the fact that no one was interested in the polls and I was elected general secretary. I left Congress on March 10 with Scindia-ji. I completed my nomination for the Youth Congress polls three years ago,” Harshit said. Singhai, incredulous, told reporters.
He explained that after the nominations were submitted, the polls continued to delay. They first stalled because of the Madhya Pradesh elections in 2018 and then because of the national elections.
“When I joined the BJP with Scindia-ji, I asked the party to remove my name from the Youth Congress ballot box but nothing was done. When I called back, they asked me to send an email explaining the circumstances in the that I left “. He had written to Kamal Nath (former chief minister) and Rahul Gandhi. This is what the Youth Congress in Madhya Pradesh has done. Those who are no longer in the party are being elected. “
The former president of the state Youth Congress, Kunal Chaudhary, accused Singhai of resorting to “cheap tactics” to smear his former party and of lying about withdrawing his nomination. He said that as soon as the error was pointed out, the appointment was canceled.
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