Even Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been silent. While Hooda is believed to have twisted the Congress’s arm, leaders are asking why the high command capitulated. They (the party high command) called us, heard us, we gave our choice of candidates, but they didn’t do anything,” she said. Three of the high command candidates lost due to the presence of rebels, all of them close to Hooda. “But then again, Hooda was dead against it, and the high command succumbed,” a leader said.

Source: Indian Express October 09, 2024 19:38 UTC