Adampur bypolls are around the corner. The Adampur assembly byelection was necessitated after Bhavya’s father Kuldeep Bishnoi quit the Congress and joined hands with the BJP. A tough battle is on the cards in the hot seat Adampur, as all parties namely the BJP, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi party are believed to be in a neck to neck fight.
The Congress that has nominated Jai Parkash as the party candidate, continues to witness the widened rift among its senior leaders Bhupendra Singh Hudda, the Leader of Opposition and Kiran Chaudhary ahead of bypolls which added to the party high command as well as the party contestant. Amid the tall claims of winning the Adampur bypolls battle, the Congress does not seem united. Kiran Chaudhary’s recent comments clear indicate that all is not well in the party.She had taken Bhupender Singh Hooda, indirectly stating that the party is being run one sided leadership in the state that is most likely to harm the party forthcoming Adampur by elections. One person is taking all key decisions in the state unit of the party without consulting other senior leaders. Further she said the Congress can win the Adampur bypoll if the party stands united otherwise it will have to face consequences. Thus, it is evident from the ongoing scenario that the party is a divided house in state which has forced the party high command to bring the widened feud among its leaders to an end.
Apart from aforesaid, two of party leaders Kumari Seleja and Randeep Surjewala are not in good terms with Hooda as Hooda factions have strongholds in the party . They also accuse him of taking one sided decisions. Everyone is familiar with the fact that most of the party legislators are firmly standing with him. In continuation to this , it is worth mentioning that rifts among the party leaders also led to delay in de-ciding the party contestant which brought criticism to the party. Contrary to this, the ruling faction BJP and AAP had decided their contestants before the Congress. Pertaining to this , the other parties took a dig at the Congress saying that the Con-gress is a divided house which resulted in delay in deciding the candidate.
Although, the party leaders refuse such allegations of infighting among them Even some of the party leaders are of the view that the party continues to own a casual approach towards the Adampur by elections.
It is worthwhile stating that fol-lowing the appointment of Udaybhan as new state party president, the Congress was believed to heave a sigh of relief to some extent but the scenario continues to remain the same. In a show of strength, the Congress had tried to pitch an installa-tion ceremony for the newly appointed Haryana chief then but cracks remained. Kiran Chaudhary did not attend the formal taking over of Udaybhan as the state par-ty chief. She refrained herself from the party’s activities, and she is putting her best to strengthen her position in state politics.
