Pathankot, December 29
Over 10 prominent Congress leaders of Pathankot Assembly seat have come on a joint platform to urge the party high command to deny the ticket to sitting MLA Amit Vij, claiming he was “liaisoning for a private company he was associate with earlier, rather than bringing any welfare schemes to the city”.
Prominent among those who have opened the front against Vij are former minister Raman Bhalla, councillor Nitin Laddi Mahajan, Pathankot Planning Board chairman Anil Dara, Punjab Infotech vice-chairman Kartik Wadhera, PCC secretary Rakesh Mahajan and spokesman Rohit Kohli.
Dissidence against Vij had been brewing for the last few months and today it spilled over in the public domain with almost all senior party men of the area uniting against him at a press conference. The legislator could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
Laddi alleged the MLA had a hand in almost every business deal that took place between the government and contractors. Bhalla alleged Vij was not even a primary member of the party when he was given the ticket in 2017. “We did not protest at that time because the decision was imposed upon us by the high command. We also demand a probe by the state vigilance into his financial dealings ever since he was elected a legislator. We urge the PCC to reject his application for the ticket,” he added. — TNS
Pathankot Cong leaders open front against own MLA
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