3-member committee to look into ticket distribution grievances

The Congress has formed a three-member committee to screen the names of the candidates and listen to the grievances of the workers involved in the distribution of tickets for MCD polls.
The committee, comprising Anand Sharma, Randeep Surejwala and Manic Tagore, will be screening the names and meeting those who have some grievances to redress it, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken said.
The workers of Delhi Congress' youth and women wings have expressed dissent over ticket distribution, staking their claims. Delhi Youth Congress president had yesterday met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and urged him for tickets to the members of the outfit.

The Mahila Congress president Barkha Singh accompanied by scores of women also reached to Rahul's residence to demand tickets although they could not meet him.
A few days ago, some mahila morcha members had protested outside the residence of Rahul, who had met them and assured them action on their complaint of alleged nepotism in ticket distribution.
"Everybody will get a chance to meet the members of the committee and share their grievances, if any, with them," Maken said.

The Delhi Congress chief also said that the party will not give tickets to the sitting BJP councillors who have been denied tickets by their parent party.

"The party has taken the decision that no one who contested elections on BJP ticket will be included in Congress," he said.
The BJP has decided to field fresh candidates in the MCD elections by denying tickets to all its sitting councillors in three municipal corporations that will go to polls on April 23.
"BJP is denying tickets to its sitting councillors which is
an acceptance that they were corrupt. The star campaigners of the party and Union ministers who will campaign for party will have to reply why Modi government did not act against them," Maken said.
A BJP councillor from Govindpuri Chandra Prakash yesterday joined the Congress.

"The councillor who joined Congress yesterday had contested
civic body polls on JD(U) ticket and he had never been fielded by the BJP," Maken said.
Refusing to comment on the Bk's star campaigners in MCD polls including UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said "we are campaigning through solutions of problems faced by people while they (Opposition parties) are indulged in leveling allegations and controversies. Delhiites will decide whom they support."
Delhi Congress has received feedback from over 39,000 booth-level workers regarding its candidates in MCD polls.
"Recorded feedback of 39,000 workers regarding their choice of candidates is with us. This will play the most crucial role in selection of candidates," Maken said.

Further, he said that only those who have applied for party ticket and gone through the process of feedback will be considered for tickets which will be decided according to choice of workers and the factor of winnability.
"Over 90 per cent preferences of workers from wards matched with the thoughts of our observers and local leaders," he said.