"Chaiwallah Won't Have Congress Poll Rolls": Punjab Leader On Party Row

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has rejected demands that electoral rolls for the upcoming party president elections be made public. This comes after at least three Congress MPs - Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor and Karti Chidambaram - demanded transparency in electoral rolls. Congress leader from Punjab, Partap Singh Bajwa, today told his colleagues to simply to go to the party office and collect them. "The voter rolls for an internal election aren't public property. These won't be available on Delhi's roads or railway platforms. Do you think a chaiwallah (tea-seller) or someone selling golgappe will provide you with the electoral rolls?" Mr Bajwa, Leader of Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha, told NDTV.