more-inCongress general secretary Deepak Babaria said on Monday that leaders who had left the party for their “vested interests” would not be taken back in the organisation in Madhya Pradesh, where polls are due by the year-end. “Ghar wapsi” campaignAhead of the Assembly polls, the Congress has started a “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) campaign to bring back leaders who left the party for different reasons. Mr. Babaria, in-charge of the party affairs in Madhya Pradesh, however made it clear that not all those who left will be allowed to come back. Vested interests“We are in talks with different leaders who are willing to come back into the party fold. The decision about other leaders would be taken on merit.”After 2003, when the BJP came to power in Madhya Pradesh, some prominent Congress leaders had left the party, including Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi, Bhagirath Prasad and Rao Uday Pratap Singh.

Source: The Hindu February 27, 2018 02:23 UTC