Differences among top Muslim lawmakers in the Congress have come to the fore with trading of charges against each other, even as the party is grappling with discontent of several MLAs who have been denied ministerial berths.
Rubbishing allegations by senior Congress MLA Tanveer Sait that he tried to defeat him during the recent assembly elections, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Zameer Ahmed Khan challenged him for a show of strength in Sait's constituency in Mysuru.
He also responded to another senior leader Roshan Baig's reported opposition to him being made a minister, saying he has been chosen by the high command for his capability, and he was "not Congress president Rahul Gandhi's relative to get the post just like that."
Regarding the reported opposition by another senior Congress leader Roshan Baig towards him, Khan said "it is natural."
Calling Baig a senior leader in the party from Muslim community, he said "he (Baig) naturally had a wish to become minister, it is not wrong to have a wish. Congress is a high command party, our high command has given me the responsibility."
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