Peeved at being denied tickets in the coming Assembly elections, a group of disgruntled Congress leaders from this city are planning to launch a protest.
The leaders have alleged that Union Coal Minister and Kanpur Parliamentarian Sriprakash Jaiswal and Rajaram Pal, Congress MP from adjoining Akbarpur Rania seat, had favoured their close aides while distributing party tickets.
Prominent Congress leaders who will protest under the banner 'Congress Bachao Sangharsh Samiti' (CBSS) include Pawan Gupta, Usha Ratnakar Shukla and Dhanirao Baudh Panther.
"I have been a devoted Congress member for the past two decades. Jaiswal and Pal have ignored my devotion by favouring their close aides," Gupta, who had contested the 2007 state polls as Congress candidate from Arya Nagar assembly seat, told PTI.
"We have planned a phase-wise protest against the two MPs. One will be held at Phoolbagh on Friday and another in Ramabai Nagar on Saturday," he said.