 "Discontent voices emerge after Congress announces 10 candidates for Rajya Sabha polls")
New Delhi: Voices of discontent emerged from the Congress after the party announced 10 candidates for the 10 June Rajya Sabha polls with actress-turned-politician Nagma Morarji raising questions over the candidatures. The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for the polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. Taking to Twitter on Sunday night, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera tweeted, “Shayad meri tapasya mein kuch kami reh gayi (Maybe my penance fell short).”
‘शायद मेरी तपस्या में कुछ कमी रह गई’
— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) May 29, 2022
However, he posted another tweet in the morning, asserting that the Congress has given him his identity. “I am not only in agreement with this view of mine but also stand by it,” he said, tagging one of his tweets a few days ago in which he had said Congress leaders must not forget that their identity was because of the party.
‘मुझे पहचान कांग्रेस ने दी है’
— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) May 30, 2022
मैं अपनी इस बात से सहमत भी हूँ और इस पर अडिग भी हूँ। https://t.co/zbc6LNwy5n
Khera congratulated those whose candidature has been approved by the party.
Congratulations to my worthy colleagues @ShuklaRajiv ji Ranjeet Ranjan ji @ajaymaken ji @Jairam_Ramesh ji @VTankha ji @ShayarImran ji @rssurjewala ji @MukulWasnik ji @pramodtiwari700 ji & @PChidambaram_IN ji https://t.co/ldRMk5DXwK
— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) May 30, 2022
Morarji made her disappointment clear as she responded to Khera’s tweet on penance, saying “My 18 years of penance fell short before Imran bhai (Imran Pratapgarhi, who has been fielded from Maharashtra)
हमारी भी १८ साल की तपस्या कम पड़ गई इमरान भाई के आगे । https://t.co/8SrqA2FH4c
— Nagma (@nagma_morarji) May 29, 2022
“Sonia Ji our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 when I joined Congress party on her behest we weren’t in power then. Since then it’s been 18Yrs they didn’t find an opportunity Mr Imran is accommodated in RS from Maha. I ask am I less deserving,” she tweeted.
SoniaJi our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 whn I joined Congressparty on her behest we weren’t in power thn.Since then it’s been 18Yrs they dint find an opportunity Mr Imran is accommodated in RS frm Maha I ask am I less deserving
— Nagma (@nagma_morarji) May 30, 2022
She, however, also congratulated those fielded by the party in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Congratulations to all those who made it to the Rajya Sabha @ShuklaRajiv ji Ranjeet Ranjan ji @ajaymaken ji @Jairam_Ramesh ji @VTankha ji @ShayarImran ji @rssurjewala ji @MukulWasnik ji @pramodtiwari700 ji & @PChidambaram_IN ji. And to all those who r selected to the Rajya Sabha https://t.co/GSQ070QgOk
— Nagma (@nagma_morarji) May 30, 2022
Responding to Morarji’s tweet, Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam said in a tweet that the penance of Salman Khurshid, Tariq Anwar and Ghulam Nabi Azad was of over 40 years, but they too were “martyred”. “‘Suppression’ of talent is a ‘suicidal step’ for the party,” he said in another tweet in Hindi.
प्रतिभाओं का “दमन”
— Acharya Pramod (@AcharyaPramodk) May 30, 2022
करना पार्टी के लिये “आत्मघाती” क़दम है. https://t.co/uXoePFlFLn
Rajasthan’s Independent MLA from Sirohi Sanyam Lodha was scathing in his criticism of the party. “The Congress party should tell what is the reason for not making any Congress leader/worker from Rajasthan, a candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections?” he wrote in a tweet in Hindi and tagged Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
#कांग्रेस_नवसंकल्प
— Sanyam Lodha (@SanyamLodha66) May 29, 2022
कांग्रेस पार्टी को यह बताना चाहिए कि राजस्थान के किसी भी कांग्रेस नेता/कार्यकर्ता को राज्यसभा चुनाव में प्रत्याशी नही बनाने के क्या कारण है ?#Rajasthan #Congress#RajyaSabhaElection2022#RajyaSabha@RahulGandhi@priyankagandhi @INCIndia @INCRajasthan pic.twitter.com/HHz9ZrowAA
According to the list of candidates released by the party, Chidambaram was fielded from Tamil Nadu, Ramesh from Karnataka, Maken from Haryana and Surjewala from Rajasthan. The party also fielded Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari from Rajasthan, Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh, Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan from Chhattisgarh and Pratapgarhi from Maharashtra. The party has opted for ‘outsiders’ in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the two states in which the party is in power on its own. The Congress is likely to get 10 Rajya Sabha seats in the upcoming election cycle. Elections will be held on 10 June to fill 57 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states falling vacant due to the retirement of members on different dates between June and August. The last date for filing nominations is 31 May. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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