Dehra Dun:
Congress today expelled 11 more party leaders on the charge of anti-party activities ahead of the January 30 assembly polls in Uttarakhand.
The party had yesterday expelled 16 leaders, Congress spokesman Surendra Kumar today said.
The expelled Congress leaders include Jot Singh Bist and Mantri Prasad Naithani.
All these 32 leaders are contesting elections as rebel candidates from different seats in the state, Kumar said.
After failing to stem the revolt, both ruling BJP and Congress in Uttarakhand have started expelling rebellious leaders.
The two parties have had their share of post-ticket distribution revolts in over 20-22 each out of the total 70 constituencies.
BJP has so far expelled 22 leaders including 4 sitting MLAs Kedar Singh Fonia, Raj Kumar, G L Shah and Anil Nautiyal.
The ruling party, which fielded nearly 36 new faces, created a political storm by axing nearly 12 of the total 36 sitting MLAs from the poll race in the face of anti-incumbency.
These also include two cabinet ministers Khajan Das and Govind Singh Bist who appeared to have now fallen in line after showing discontent.
The saffron party is facing a serious problem in Chamoli district where all the three seats are being contested by rebel candidates.
From Badrinath, former minister Fonia is fighting election as a rebel candidate.
Similarly, in other two seats Tharali and Karanprayag, party rebels G L Shah and Anil Nautiyal, both loyalists of former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishal, have created a problem for the ruling party.
On the other hand, Congress did not deny ticket to any of its sitting MLAs to avoid rebellion and yet it is facing of rebellion over nomination.
Congress, which is divided in three major camps belonging to its leaders like Harish Rawat, Vijay Bahuguna and Satpal Maharaj, has denied tickets to many of their loyalists who in turn are playing spoilsport.
For example, Jot Singh Bist, a Harish Rawat loyalist, is fighting independently against Manmohan Mall who is a staunch supporter of Bahuguna.
Former minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, a Maharaj loyalist, is contesting from Devprayag against official candidate Shurvir Sajwan.
Former Tourism Minister T P S Rawat, who quit BJP last year to float Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha, has fielded some of the disgruntled leaders from both BJP and Congress.
The party had yesterday expelled 16 leaders, Congress spokesman Surendra Kumar today said.
The expelled Congress leaders include Jot Singh Bist and Mantri Prasad Naithani.
All these 32 leaders are contesting elections as rebel candidates from different seats in the state, Kumar said.
After failing to stem the revolt, both ruling BJP and Congress in Uttarakhand have started expelling rebellious leaders.
The two parties have had their share of post-ticket distribution revolts in over 20-22 each out of the total 70 constituencies.
BJP has so far expelled 22 leaders including 4 sitting MLAs Kedar Singh Fonia, Raj Kumar, G L Shah and Anil Nautiyal.
The ruling party, which fielded nearly 36 new faces, created a political storm by axing nearly 12 of the total 36 sitting MLAs from the poll race in the face of anti-incumbency.
These also include two cabinet ministers Khajan Das and Govind Singh Bist who appeared to have now fallen in line after showing discontent.
The saffron party is facing a serious problem in Chamoli district where all the three seats are being contested by rebel candidates.
From Badrinath, former minister Fonia is fighting election as a rebel candidate.
Similarly, in other two seats Tharali and Karanprayag, party rebels G L Shah and Anil Nautiyal, both loyalists of former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishal, have created a problem for the ruling party.
On the other hand, Congress did not deny ticket to any of its sitting MLAs to avoid rebellion and yet it is facing of rebellion over nomination.
Congress, which is divided in three major camps belonging to its leaders like Harish Rawat, Vijay Bahuguna and Satpal Maharaj, has denied tickets to many of their loyalists who in turn are playing spoilsport.
For example, Jot Singh Bist, a Harish Rawat loyalist, is fighting independently against Manmohan Mall who is a staunch supporter of Bahuguna.
Former minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, a Maharaj loyalist, is contesting from Devprayag against official candidate Shurvir Sajwan.
Former Tourism Minister T P S Rawat, who quit BJP last year to float Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha, has fielded some of the disgruntled leaders from both BJP and Congress.
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