The State Congress adopted a fully transparent system in distribution of tickets for the urban body elections in the State, said chief spokesman of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) KK Mishra.
Mishra in a statement here on Saturday said, “Allegations of contractor-ship in ticket distribution have been levelled against the party leadership during the last many elections, but the transparent ticket distribution this time negates these allegations.”
Mishra furthers said that it was for the first time that the All India Congress Committee (AICC) appointed observers for the local body elections in the State. This time besides the observers appointed by the MPCC 32 observers were appointed by the AICC. The total number of observers thus including the MPCC and AICC was over 1200, he added.
He said that district level committees were formed for distribution of over five thousand tickets of 289 local body’s that are going to polls in the State. The district committees formed for the distribution of tickets included all groups and proper representation was given to all sections in them, he added.
He said that after extensive discussions at local levels over 65 tickets have been given to the new workers. “With the consent of the central leadership honest efforts have been made to promote the new leadership in the state. For his some hard decisions have been taken and for these the central leadership was taken into confidence as it was necessary to take these hard decisions for strengthening of party in the state.”
The senior Congress leader said that the anger among some party leaders and workers of the party is natural but it is entirely an issue within the family that would be resolved within and those who are appears to be angry would definitely cool down and would campaign for the party in the local body elections.