No place for the old in UP Congress: Veteran leader complains to top brass

He lamented that the new UPCC gave no representation to the Shia community while the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and in UP had nominated Shias in key positions

No country for old men

Turmoil in the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress is showing no signs of abating. Some senior leaders seem unhappy with the manner in which the UP Congress Committee (UPCC) was reconstituted and the way General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (pictured) is asserting her authority in the choice of key office-bearers. Peeved at being cold-shouldered, a senior Congressman and the party’s prominent Muslim face in UP, Siraj Mehdi, has resigned from the party and has sent an emotional letter to party President Sonia Gandhi. He lamented that the new UPCC gave no representation to the Shia