Open revolt against Brahm Mohindra candidature in his home town by district congress
Kanwar Inder singh/ royalpatiala.in
Today AICC secretary and Punjab caretaker Harshwardhan Sapkal came in a peculiar situation when in an ongoing meeting at local circuit house Patiala the newly appointed district congress committee (DCC) president Narinder Pal Verma leveled serious allegations against senior congress leader, local bodies minister and Patiala (rural) MLA Brahm Mohindra
The meeting was called by the congress committee leader to know the mood of the local leaders, to meet the leaders who had applied for congress ticket from Patiala (urban and rural). Local leaders, municipal councilors attended the meeting.
Furiated over some issue, Narrinder Lalli start reacting. He directly said “ We at district congress committee Patiala have decided to fully support anyone , whom the high command gave ticket to fight election from Patiala. We all will work together and make sure that he will win the upcoming assembly election from Patiala. But ,we will not accept Brahm Mohindra as party candidate from Patiala urban or Patiala rural. I am not afraid if my DCC presidentship goes may go .But no support to Brahm Mohindra.” After this leaders, workers present in the hall clapped.
Lalli even leveled serious allegations against the local bodies minister Brahm Mohindra, in front of congress high command representative. He even said that “he had FIR copies of a case registered against Brahm Mohindra”. He cited the incident of former DGP Punjab’s case in which FIR was registered against Brahm Mohindra. “Whatever Brahm Mohindra had done wrong, ill give you the list with documentary proofs. We won’t accept Brahm Mohindra as Patiala 1 and Patiala 2 candidate’. Once again workers clapped on his statement.
He further informed the congress high command leaders that “we want Navjot Singh Sidhu as Patiala 1 candidate. Except Navjot Singh Sidhu no other candidate can defeat Capt Amarinder Singh from Patiala 1.
When contacted Narinderpal Lalli, he said” we at district congress committee have already passed a resolution that Navjot Singh Sidhu be allotted party ticket from Patiala (urban). Simultaneously every congress worker from grass root level, booth level, zone level will oppose the candidature of Brahm Mohindra from Patiala (urban) as well as Patiala (rural). We will do everything to defeat him from Patiala urban or Patiala rural. He is 80 years of age. From the last two years he has done nothing in his constituency, no development work was done. He is medically unfit. We want energetic representative of Patiala in vidhan sabha as like Navjot Singh Sidhu. “
Open revolt against Brahm Mohindra candidature in his home town by district congress. When contacted AICC secretary and Punjab caretaker Harshwardhan Sapkal, he didn’t respond to phone calls.
January 6,2022
