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Did anti-party activities seal Congress's fate in assembly polls?

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Congress faced a severe drubbing in recent polls and could bag only 42 seats
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Has the Congress become its own worst enemy? It has come to the fore that the party received more than 200 complaints of anti-party activities during the elections. The disciplinary committee of the state unit will be going through these complaints during its first meeting scheduled on Friday.

State unit president Manikrao Thakare constituted the committee, which has former MP Dave Aware as its chairman and stalwarts like former union minister of state for home affairs Manikrao Gavit, former ministers Ravisheth Patil, Ramesh Bagve, Mahadev Shelar, Tryambak Jhanvar as members. The state general secretary, advocate Ganesh Patil, is the convener of the committee.

Speaking to dna, Patil said that there are more than 200 complaints from all over the state, impossible to take up in one go. He said that the committee would look into all the complaints and recommend appropriate action on a case by case basis. When asked about the nature of complaints, Patil told dna that there are representations from all parts of the state alleging that during the assembly elections, some leaders have not worked for the victory of official party candidates. There are complaints that a few candidates were given tickets despite not having made significant contributions to the party.

An experienced legislator from the party said that this was just another ritual. He said that generally, the disciplinary committee does not have the authority to take action against MLAs, All India Congress Committee (AICC) delegates or even former MPs. However, what the committee can do is recommend the matter to the AICC for action.

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