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Dissident Congress MLAs from Arunachal Pradesh meet Rahul Gandhi

The delegation also complained against V Narayanasami, AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh, and demanded his removal too.

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Dissident Congress MLAs from Arunachal Pradesh have met Rahul Gandhi in an apparent reconciliation bid but they stood firm on the demand for removal of deposed Chief Minister Nabam Tuki from CLP leadership to ensure that the future of the party is safe.

Making it clear that they continue to be "devoted Congress workers", 21 MLAs, led by Kalikho Pul, met Rahul on Thursday and complained against the "autocratic" manner adopted by Tuki in "crushing inner party democracy and misgovernance in government". This was the first meeting of the rebels with the top leadership ever since they revolted against Tuki four months ago. One of the major complaints of the group was that the party leadership never listened to their grievances.

The delegation also complained against V Narayanasami, AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh, and demanded his removal too. "We reiterated our view to Shri Rahulji that the future of Arunachal Pradesh and that of Congress is not at all secure in the hands of autocratic leader like Tuki and that he should be replaced immediately by handing over the reins to a more matured and visionary leader Kalikho Pul," the dissident MLAs said in a statement.

The MLAs said in their meeting with Rahul, they put forward their stand and and that their differences were with CLP leader Tuki was due to their "unceasing effort to uphold the party etiquette, morality, ethics and dignity". The revolt by the dissidents led to a political crisis in the state that finally led to imposition of President's rule on January 26.

Congress party, which has 47 MLAs seats in the 60-member assembly, suffered a jolt when 21 of its lawmakers rebelled. Eleven BJP MLAs and two independents backed the rebels in the bid to upstage the government. Later, 14 rebel Congress MLAs were disqualified by the Speaker. The Supreme Court, which is considering pleas against imposition of President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh, is hearing on petitions seeking examination of constitutional schemes on the scope of discretionary powers of the Governor.
 

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