Congress General Secretary and Jharkhand in-charge BK Hariprasad on Thursday warned the State unit leaders to refrain from sharing their complaints against anyone in the party with the media, or be ready to face disciplinary action.
Hariprasad was speaking here to the media after attending a meeting of the newly formed working committee of the party. “If anyone has any complaint against me or anyone they should take it to Sonia ji or Rahul Gandhi, not before the media…. If anybody speaks against any party leader in the media, strict disciplinary action will be taken against him,” said Hariprasad.
“No one is senior or junior in the party. Everyone in the party has been given a responsibility which must be fulfilled, he said. “The party has never tolerated any parallel programme in the past and rusticated a leader in Odisha where similar instance had taken place,” Hariprasad added. He was replying to queries raised by media persons about former State Congress president Pradip Kumar Balmachu holding parallel meetings at several places while some other leaders going to media with dissenting voices against the party. Hariprasad said, “Action will be taken against him and served a show cause notice if he repeats the same.”
“No programme can be organized under the banner of the Congress without the consent of the state or district unit of the party,” he added. When asked about the glitches over entry of wife of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda in the Congress, Hariprasad replied that she is willing to join the Congress and we will take a final decision after talking to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and State Congress president Sukhdeo Bhagat.
Reiterating the agreement of 10-04 with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, he said the final decision will be taken by a committee formed under the chairmanship of AK Antony at the national level. “We have submitted our report to Antony ji, he will take decision on the seats where alliance is to take place,” he said.
He however, said that the identification of seats will be done in a joint meeting of Congress president and JMM leaders. The first meeting of JPCC working committee was held at the Congress state office here where several suggestions regarding 2014 lok Sabha elections were given by the members to strengthen the party organization. “PCC office bearers will be handed over the responsibility of each lok Sabha constituency and block and district congress committee meetings will be ensured to be attended by the office bearers of the PCC as per the direction of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi,” he added.
Stress was also given on the 1998 resolution taken by the Congress party to appoint at least 20 per cent office bearers from ST/ ST /OBC and minorities while women will constitute a minimum of 33 percent posts. Besides door to door campaign, the party will also reach out to the masses, especially youth, through social media. The party workers will also actively take part in the correction of electoral roll all over the State.