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Selja is expected to articulation a nationalist gathering successful Narwana connected September 26. “There volition beryllium galore much meetings aft that,” she told The Indian Express. (FB/Selja)
AICC wide caput and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja is acceptable to articulation the Congress run successful Haryana from September 26. The MP, who has been sulking implicit being sidelined by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp, met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge successful New Delhi precocious Sunday.
Party sources told The Indian Express that Selja, who has been absent from the state’s run scene since September 12, raised respective issues with Kharge, including however she and respective different elder enactment leaders and workers were “ignored” portion formulating the party’s manifesto, the mode successful which the candidates were selected, and however she and different deserving enactment workers and leaders had been kept retired of enactment platforms.
Incidentally, Kharge, who was expected to code his archetypal nationalist gathering successful Haryana’s Ambala and Gannaur connected Monday, cancelled his sojourn astatine the past minute, with the Congress citing “ill health”. The rallies were addressed by Hooda instead.
Confirming that she met Kharge, Selja told The Indian Express: “Several issues were raised by me. But, it would not beryllium close for maine to talk connected those issues publicly. It is our party’s interior matter.” Sources said Kharge heard her retired and assured her that her grievances would beryllium redressed.
On erstwhile she would beryllium campaigning successful Haryana, Selja said: “Very soon, I shall beryllium there.”
Selja is expected to articulation a nationalist gathering successful Narwana connected September 26. “There volition beryllium galore much meetings aft that,” she told The Indian Express.
On Monday, Congress person and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala besides tweeted that helium would beryllium attending the Narwana rally. Surjewala has besides been unhappy with Hooda calling the shots successful the Haryana Congress.
Selja rejected claims by respective BJP leaders that she whitethorn power sides. “There is nary question of leaving the Congress. The enactment is successful my blood. Till his past breath, my begetter was a Congressman and helium was wrapped successful the Congress’s emblem erstwhile helium near america all. Selja volition besides beryllium wrapped successful the aforesaid Congress party’s flag. I americium not going anywhere.”
She added that BJP leaders should not usage her lack from the run arsenic a crushed to onslaught the Congress. “I person had a acold longer governmental vocation and governmental acquisition than each those who are taking my sanction and speculating astir maine quitting the Congress.”
Selja, who has not hidden her ambitions to beryllium Chief Minister should the Congress win, had pushed for a summons from Uklana (SC) Assembly seat. However, with Selja having conscionable won from Sirsa successful the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress precocious bid was not keen connected her vacating the spot and asked her to run for enactment candidates.
After September 12, erstwhile the enactment released its past database of candidates, Selja had virtually not been seen oregon heard successful Haryana.
Selja told The Indian Express that she precise overmuch remained “an aspirant for the CM’s post” if the Congress wins. “It is owed to my agelong governmental lasting and the wishes of my supporters that I person reached here. There should beryllium capable and adjacent practice of each sections of society.”
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