Contrary to the programme regarding election of officer bearers for different Organisational posts in the Party, Congress all India general secretary and incharge of Party affairs here in Uttar Pradesh, Madhusudan Mistri claimed that the above process till district and city level would be only adopted if there is any dispute between the leaders.
``Four AICC secretaries are already on the job of visiting every district to select district and city presidents and their office bearers, as well as booth and block chiefs through consensus and the selection would be made by coming July 25”, disclosed Mistri while talking to media persons here on Tuesday afternoon. When asked that the All India Congress Committee has just on Monday, announced the selection for the same would be made through election and that the process would be completed by June next year, Mistri said that they would not go for election but only in case the dispute arises between two or more leaders, then they would adopt the process as per the schedule given by AICC.
Interestingly, in presence of UPCC chief, Nirmal Khatri, AICC general secretary, went on record that the committee of UPCC and district level, which has been disbanded by him recently, was already a temporary move till the last Parliament elections and it is bound to go irrespective of the results. It may be mentioned that just on Monday, UP Congress chief spokesman Virendra Madan, giving details of decision taken by AICC confirmed that the last date for membership is December 31 next while in April, 2015 the elections for the booth committee would be completed in the first phase. The second phase of the election process would start from May 15 when block level elections would be completed by May 31. In the third phase district and city congress committees election would be held in June, 2015 while in the fourth phase the state president and committee would be elected by July 25, 2015. In the last and fifth phase, elections of the Congress working committee by the AICC members would be held for which the dates are yet to be announced, he informed.
Meanwhile about the coming by-elections on a dozen Assembly seats and one Parliament seat, Mistri said that so for they were not likely to go in for truck with any other political party and would go alone. Mistri, who was on two day visit to the state from Tuesday and had had held discussions with the UPCC administrative team, media cell members, former zonal incharges, and MlAs/MlCs, on Tuesday, further disclosed that he tried to discuss how the Party would go more stronger in the coming days and that he also tried to take first hand information whether the leaders both in the Organisation as well as in the State Assembly were taking up issues related to public or not. When asked whether any party men or the legislator had put his voice to bring in Priyanka Gandhi, for revival of the Party, Mistri said that no such issue has been raised by anyone.