The resentment in the congress party against the party state president Nirmal Khatri after the announcement of the new state committee has surfaced here in his own district when the party’s former state secretary and the member of the provincial congress committee (PCC) Sayyad Iqbal Mustafa announced his resignation from the primary membership of the party .
in his press conference here on Thursday Mustsfa said that he was feeling suffocation in the leadership of Dr khatri who did nothing except sidelining the powerful muslim leadership and the problems of minorities . He said that during his twelve year tenure in the congress party he always tried to focus on the problems of minorities but the state leadership always ignored the genuine demands of the minorities communities . There was no alternative left for him except to resign from the part he added .
Mustafa said that the state body which declared by Khatri was humiliating the dedicated and the sincere party leaders and activists who were ignored in the state committee., particularly the muslim leadership of the division . he said that owing to the resentment in the party about a dozen more leaders of the party were likely to resign from the party soon .
Meanwhile one another PCC member and MP representative of the Mandi samiti Dr Khalil Ahmad had also sent his grievances to the congress high command Ms Sonia Gandhi regarding the infightings and resentment in the party due to the dubious role of the state President Dr Khatri . Dr Ahmad who had proposed himself as a candidate from Ambedkarnagar seat for the 2014 parliamentary election has now decided not to contest 2014 election . he said that the policies of the state president has widen the differences at various levels in the party and results had started coming with the resignations of senior and seasoned leaders like Mustafa . the muslim leaders like Aalia juberi Jaheer Hassan and Dr Khaleel were always sidelined and were given no place in the state committee and most of them were planning to resign from the congress party and planning to join AAP or other political parties he said . Dr Khalil has faxed a letter to the party high command highlighting present situation of the party.