Congress Sends Senior Leaders To Election States To Keep Flock Together: Report
Assembly Election Results 2022: The move is aimed at keeping the Congress flock together in case of a hung assembly in Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab.
The Congress today deputed senior leaders for poll management ahead of election results in Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, party sources said.
While Karnataka Congress chief DK Sivakumar will be special observer in Goa, party general secretary Mukul Wasnik and Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo besides Vincent Pala have been deputed in Manipur for post-poll management, the sources told Press Trust of India.
General secretary Ajay Maken and party spokesperson Pawan Khera have been deployed as party special observers for Punjab, the sources added. While Mr Maken will leave on Wednesday, Mr Khera has already reached Chandigarh.
Rajya Sabha member Deepinder Singh Hooda has also left for Dehradun after he was asked by the party leadership to reach there for management of legislators in case of a hung assembly. Mr Hooda will work out modalities with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel once the results are out on March 10. Mr Hooda has reached Uttarakhand.
The party’s in-charges and observers in various poll-bound states will also be stations at the state headquarters ahead of results.
The move is aimed at keeping the Congress flock together in case of a hung assembly in Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab.
The appointment of special observers is part of the Congress strategy to work out government formations in states where no party gets a clear majority.