Dissension in Haryana Congress unit came to the fore with former Union minister Kumari Selja, a known detractor of outgoing chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, gunning for his head saying the responsibility of the defeat should be on him.
Firing a salvo at Delhi-based senior leaders of the party, a young minister in Karnataka government demanded ‘weeding out’ ineffectual leaders operating from the national capital.
‘@INCIndia will learn from its losses..time to strengthen committed grassroot leaders and weed out effete leaders operating out from Delhi,’ Dinesh Gundu Rao tweeted.
Explaining his remarks, Rao later said that those working at the grass roots like Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan should be given more prominence.
‘The focus should be on grass roots and committed leaders... Such leaders should be identified, recognised and promoted,’ he said clarifying he was ‘not hitting out at anyone’ and expressing his faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Firing a salvo at Delhi-based senior leaders of the party, a young minister in Karnataka government demanded ‘weeding out’ ineffectual leaders operating from the national capital.
‘@INCIndia will learn from its losses..time to strengthen committed grassroot leaders and weed out effete leaders operating out from Delhi,’ Dinesh Gundu Rao tweeted.
Explaining his remarks, Rao later said that those working at the grass roots like Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan should be given more prominence.
‘The focus should be on grass roots and committed leaders... Such leaders should be identified, recognised and promoted,’ he said clarifying he was ‘not hitting out at anyone’ and expressing his faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.