New Delhi: Senior Congress Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the “dissident” letter, on Thursday pitched for elections to the Congress Working Committee and key organisational posts of state chiefs, district presidents, block presidents and said that those opposing are afraid of losing their positions.
While adding that prospects of the party would be better if elected body leads the party otherwise “Congress will continue to sit in the Opposition for the next 50 years.”
“Others who stood second, third or fourth will think that we have to strengthen the party while working hard and will win next time. But, the president who is elected now does not have even the support of 1 per cent of party workers,” he said while reiterating that elections make the foundation of the party strong.
Drawing attention to the consequences of not conducting the elections on the party’s prospects in the elections, he said that Congress party has been appointing “someone as party president in the state” who comes and goes to Delhi and who are recommended by big party leaders.
