Inside the Talkatora Stadium, Rahul Gandhi on Friday asserted about the Congress being a ‘democratic’ party. Quite ironically, right outside the AICC venue, Congress MPs from Seemandhra minced no words in expressing their dissent for not being allowed to move a resolution at the AICC session against the division of the State.
“It is undemocratic. Congress did not honour my right to raise the matter. I am very sad about it,” party MP l Rajagopal said after the party leadership refused his request to move the unofficial resolution. He said three party MPs from Seemandhra, including Harsha Kumar and Sabbam Hari, raised the banner of protest at the AICC conclave against the Centre’s decision to bifurcate the State.
“Initially we were denied entry at the AICC meet. They issued us special passes after the media reported the matter,” the MP said, adding that they used their lok Sabha passes to get an entry at the venue. The trio and other Seemandhra MPs — Vundavalli Aruna Kumar, Rayapati Samba Siva Rao and Sai Pratap — were denied passes for the AICC meet.
But they were given a special entry by the party leadership after media reported that they would hold a dharna outside the venue over denial of entry to them. Rajagopal
said they met party general secretary in-charge (organisation) Janardhan Dwivedi seeking his permission to move a resolution against the division of the State. But Dwivedi conveyed his helplessness to them.
“In a democratic country, a democratic party like Congress should go by the written Constitution which
gives opportunity to any member to move an unofficial resolution,” Rajagopal said.