With the declaration of candidates, Congress on Saturday dropped rebellion charges against 13 rebels to facilitate their homecoming and consolidating the vote base in different pockets of four parliamentary constituencies.
In a meeting of disciplinary committee of Congress held under the chairmanship of former bureaucrat AN Vidhyarthi it was decided to drop the charges against rebels, who worked against party candidates in Assembly election in 2012.
Naresh Chauhan party spokesperson said that the committee found reply of 13 rebels as satisfactory after which it was decided to drop charges against them. “After finding response of 13 rebels as satisfactory, disciplinary committee gave green signal to their homecoming,” said Chauhan.
Sources said that soon more charges against rebels will be dropped and some with considerable vote base will be given home coming tickets on the rally of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at Dharamshala on March 20.