MP Congress attempts to hold flock together with bond paper

BHOPAL: Fearing more anti-party activities by disappointed tickets aspirants before the January 31 urban civic body polls, the Madhya Pradesh Congress on Wednesday made it mandatory for all candidate hopefuls to sign on an oath form. Tickets aspirants were asked to sign on a bond that they would not contest the polls as independents against Congress candidates if they failed to secure election tickets from the party. The bond also made the aspiring candidates to promise that they would not indulge in anti-party activities upon denial of candidature.

Before and after every successive election since the assembly polls in November 2013, the Congress party has had to suspend or expel several senior leaders and many grass-roots workers for anti-party activities. Even when the state went for a bypoll in three assembly seats of Agar, Bahoriband and Vijayraghogarh in August - the party had to expel one of its former MLAs for campaigning against the Congress candidate because he was denied a ticket from his usual seat.

The Congress is also fraught with leaders and workers joining the ruling BJP during election times. Quitting the Congress to join the BJP started in July 2013 with the party's former deputy leader of Opposition Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi and the practice continued through the assembly polls, then the Lok Sabha elections and the assembly bypolls. In the recent urban civic body polls held in November-December, multiple Congress candidatures withdrew their nominations and made way for the BJP candidates' unopposed victory.

Gripped with anxiety of more soldiers abandoning the battlefield, the Congress' oath paper to tickets aspirants is the last effort to keep its flock together. Briefing the media on Wednesday, Congress district president PC Sharma said that active members of the party's various organisations will be given preference during tickets distribution. He said that both the Youth Congress and the Mahila Congress members will be considered as candidates for the urban civic body polls.

"Meetings have been held for the formation of election campaign committees. It has been decided that tickets will not be given to those who have a criminal record or have been previously involved in anti-party activities. We hope to announce the names of mayoral candidates and corporator candidates without delay. But the complete list will be out by January 5," PC Sharma said. January 6 is the last date for filing of nominations for candidates.

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