After Akhilesh lashes out at Cong UP head Ajay Rai, Pharendra MLA flays SP chief’s ‘ghamand’, schools him on treating leaders

Congress leaders have since come out in support of Rai, and in turn have questioned Akhilesh’s status and treatment of leaders, including state president Naresh Uttam, within his own party. Virendra Chaudhary, Congress MLA from Pharendra, took to X to school Akhilesh about his “misunderstanding”.

माननीय @yadavakhilesh जी, अन्यथा मत कीजिएगा। बताना चाहता हूँ कि कांग्रेस पार्टी के हर एक प्रदेश अध्यक्ष की शक्ति पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष के बाद सीधे तौर पर उत्तरदायी होती है। भारत राष्ट्र और इसके विभिन्न प्रांतों की जनता की सेवा में सौ वर्ष से इसी विकेंद्रित लोकतांत्रिक
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— Virendra Chaudhary (@VirendraUPCC) October 19, 2023

“Please do not take it otherwise but I want to tell you that the power of every state president in Congress is that every state president is directly responsible after the national president of the party,” Chaudhary posted, claiming that for 100 years the Congress has been working in service of the country’s people as well as that of various provinces through a decentralised democracy.

Praying that Akhilesh is given “wisdom” by God, Chaudhary also said that the Kurmis (section of OBCs) in Uttar Pradesh are aware of how SP state president Naresh Uttam Patel is treated within the party. He further alleged that the SP chief spoke in this manner about another party’s state president because he was comparing the situation to what was happening in his own party.

“Humein malum hai ki aapke yahan mamla jara dusara hai. Pura Pradesh aur Kurmi Samaj janta hai ki aapki party mein Naresh Uttam ji ki kya haisiyat hai. Shayad yahi aapki galat samajh ka karan bhi hai. (I know that things are a little different in your party. The entire state and the Kurmi community know the status of Naresh Uttam in your party. Perhaps, this is the reason for your misunderstanding),” wrote Chaudhary.

“Apne netaon ko jaise aap treat karte hain, sochte honge sab vaise hi karte honge (The way you treat your leaders, you must be thinking that everyone treats their leaders in a similar manner),” he went on, adding, “It is unfortunate that your ghamand (pride) is not even allowing you to open your eyes. May God bless you with sadbudhi (wisdom).”

Though there have been differences between the two parties earlier, so far Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh have avoided any direct attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The fissures between the two allies came out in the open on Sunday, when the Congress announced candidates for four of the seven seats in Madhya Pradesh, where the SP had already declared candidates. In a strong signal to its INDIA ally, the SP then declared a list of nine candidates. On Wednesday, Akhilesh’s party released a list of 22 more candidates.