Makwana comes out in support of Alva, suggests irregularities

Congress leader Yogendra Makwana has suggested that there were irregularities in distribution of tickets by the party.

Coming out in support of colleague Margaret Alva, Congress leader Yogendra Makwana on Monday suggested that there were irregularities in distribution of tickets by the party and demanded a probe into these.

Makwana, AICC secretary and former union minister, contended that there was some “truth” in the allegations levelled by Alva about “sale” of election tickets.

“There is a grain of truth in what Alva has said,” Makwana, who is said to be contemplating leaving the party, told reporters in New Delhi.

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The chairman of the AICC’s Scheduled Castes cell claimed that at least two cases involving wrong-doing had come to him.

“These allegations should be probed,” Makwana said. To a question, he said he was not afraid of disciplinary action against him.

He was a Union Minister in the Indira Gandhi Cabinet.

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