Ramrao Adik warns Sonia detractors

PUNE, Jan 3: Former deputy chief minister and Congress party loyalist Ramrao Adik today sought to give a clear warning to the detractors ...

PUNE, Jan 3: Former deputy chief minister and Congress party loyalist Ramrao Adik today sought to give a clear warning to the detractors of Congress party president Sonia Gandhi that their political fate would fade into oblivion if they made a bid to challenge her leadership.

Addressing media persons here, Adik, claimed that all the intra-party differences in the State had subsided. He said only the party’s loyal supporters should be given tickets for the ensuing assembly elections, adding that there was no place in the Congress for those who had defected.

At the party’s national convention in Panchmari, the party has bestowed its confidence on the leadership of Sonia Gandhi. Adik said the convention also helped in reinforcement of the party unity and discipline. All the differences among the party leaders in the State are sunk, hence no one should claim any political right on a particular region or territory. Such claims would be considered as a challenge to Sonia’s leadership, he said. He said the organisational structure of the party had weakened considerably under the leadership of former prime minister Narasimha Rao, but now that the situation has changed the party would not have instances where rebels try to work against the official candidates in the elections.