Sajjan Verma slams Manish Tewari for raising concerns over election process in Congress, calls him "disloyal"
Sep 01, 2022
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 1 : Congress Secretary Sajjan Singh Verma has slammed party leader Manish Tewari after the latter raised concerns over the election process in the party, and said that he is a "disloyal person" who "destroys his own party".
He also hit out at Tewari for "raising questions" over Sonia Gandhi at a time when she lost her mother, "instead of expressing condolences".
Verma's remarks came after Tewari, in a series of tweets on Wednesday raised issues regarding the election process in Congress days after the party announced the schedule for the election of party president.
"How can there be a fair and free election without a publicly available electoral roll? Essence of a fair and free process is names & addresses of electors must be published on @INCIndia website in a transparent manner," Tewari had tweeted.
Verma, while speaking to ANI on Wednesday, responded to his tweet and said, "Manish Tiwari benefitted from Congress his entire life. There is no problem in raising questions. But putting it out in the open on social media, that too, at a time when Sonia Gandhi lost her mother. Instead of expressing condolences, he is questioning her."
The Congress secretary said that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, who are abroad presently, will decide the election process once they return to India.
"Congress, unlike BJP, is not a party made of missed calls. Manish Tiwari has been in Congress for a number of years, every worker works hard to make a candidate win. Manish Tiwari is a disloyal person who destroys his own party," he added.
Emphasising that the Congress workers want Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi to be the party president, the Congress leader said that they are "bound by the Nehru-Gandhi family".
"The election of the president will be held and a prudent person will become the party chief once again. We want Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to become the president. We are bound by the Nehru Gandhi family. We want those to be the chief who contributed to the freedom struggle. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives, so we want a chief from that family only," he said.