AICC to look into complaints about saboteurs in party

Rattled by the drubbing in four states, Congress today gave indications that the saboteurs and others who worked against the interests of the party including those in Delhi could face action.
Complaints in this regard not only from Delhi but from other states where polls were held have been noted and they will be looked into, party spokesman Raj Babbar told reporters here.
Babbar's remarks were significant given the fact that internal sabotage as also price rise were prominent reasons given by party leaders for the poll debacle during a meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi yesterday.
To a query, the spokesman said that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's remarks that she did not get enough support from the party in Delhi was being taken note of.

"She has done great work for 15 years. Her view is being taken note of. It is being considered at the party forum. It cannot be said that what she is telling is not correct.
"Such contentions not only from Delhi but from other places as well, where our party has suffered reverses, are being considered. Their views should not be negated. We will look into what they are saying," he said.

Chhattisgarh PCC chief Charan Das Mahant had also said that some leaders lost due to "internal sabotage", apparently alluding to Ajit Jogi. There is a view in the party that factionalism was another factor which did the party in.

As the results had come out on Sunday, AICC had been sharply critical of the infighting in the organisation in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi ahead of the polls and had even said that at times "right decisions" were not taken at the right time.
On the state of affairs in Rajasthan, it had said the party organisation there did not appear on the same page with the state government for almost four and a half years.
There were statements during this time that Congress cannnot win more than 50 of the total 200 seats in the state, AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi had recalled.

Noting that the situation in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh was no different, he had said that the bonhomie there was seen only just before elections and the party was a divided house all through.
In Chhattisgarh, Nandkumar Patel had taken the Congress on the path to progress and was seen as an alternative Chief Minister when the Maoist attack targeted him as also several other party leaders.