Wish had antidote for insecurities of individuals, institutions: Manish Tewari

Ignored in the Punjab Congress reshuffle for the upcoming assembly polls, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday put out a cryptic post on social media and wished he had an antidote for the “insecurities of individuals” and “institutions”.  

The Chandigarh MP, however, asserted that the Congress has given him enough over the past 45 years and he has also devoted his entire adult life in the service of the party. 

Tewari shared in a post a media report which stated that he was “left in the cold” as Congress appointed new working presidents and set up poll panels for Punjab. 

‘Hai bada koi avgun usme jise koi hunar aave’ (If a person is talented, then society and people usually pick a fault in him). Wish I had an antidote for the insecurities of individuals and institutions! Tewari posted, without elaborating.   “Having said that, @INCIndia has given me enough over the past 45 years and I have also devoted my entire adult life in the service of the Indian National Congress over the decades,” the former Union minister said. 

“Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be,” he added.

The Congress on Wednesday appointed former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi as chairman of the party’s Campaign Committee ahead of the 2027 assembly elections in the state and said there will be no change in the state unit president or CLP leader. 

The party also appointed former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as chairperson of the party’s Core Committee and former state minister Vijay Inder Singla as chairman of the Election Management and Coordination Committee. Party MP Amar Singh will head the manifesto committee. 

“Congress president has appointed chairpersons of election-related committees for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, with immediate effect — Campaign Committee chairperson Charanjit Singh Channi, Election Management and Coordination Committee chairperson Vijay Inder Singla, Core Committee chairperson Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Manifesto Committee chairperson Dr Amar Singh,” AICC general secretary, Organisation, K C Venugopal said in a statement.

BJP links Tewari’s post to Congress infighting

New Delhi: The Congress is in “tukde tukde” mode again and has no value for those who do not put “parivar” first, the BJP claimed on Thursday, seizing on senior leader Manish Tewari’s post on “insecurities of individuals and institutions” after he was sidelined in the Punjab Congress reshuffle.

According to BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, the Congress is witnessing factional rivalries in several states. “It has split into pieces in Karnataka with D K Shivakumar versus Siddaramaiah. We have seen fighting in Rajasthan between Pilot and Gehlot, in Chhattisgarh, and now in Punjab, it has reached a climax where Manish Tewari has openly attacked the Congress party for leaving him out in the lurch,” he said in a video statement.

“The Congress is once again in ‘tukde tukde’ mode’,” he said.