Chandigarh:
The Congress’s “One household, one ticket” coverage has come underneath contemporary assault, with BJP chief and former Union Minister Ravneet Bittu taking sides. Bittu has backed senior Congress chief Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s argument that electoral means, moderately than household ties, ought to decide ticket distribution.
The difficulty has intensified the continuing political tussle between Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Randhawa.
Warring has argued in favour of the get together’s “One household, one ticket” components, sustaining the Congress shouldn’t give two tickets to members of the identical household.
Randhawa, nonetheless, has argued in favour of flexibility, saying if a household has 4 succesful candidates who can win, there isn’t a motive why the Congress can not give all 4 of them tickets.
Now, Bittu has seized on Randhawa’s argument to focus on the Congress.
Bittu has questioned if the three members of the Gandhi household can get election tickets, why not one other household which has 4 candidates able to profitable?
His intervention has added a brand new political dimension to what was initially an inside Congress disagreement.
The controversy has additionally uncovered a wider contradiction throughout the Congress. On one facet, the get together has promoted the thought of limiting a number of tickets throughout the similar household as a part of its organisational reforms, an effort to counter allegations of dynastic politics. On the opposite, senior leaders akin to Randhawa argue {that a} blanket restriction may stop sturdy and winnable candidates from contesting.
The sharp alternate comes at a vital time for Punjab Congress, with the 2027 meeting elections approaching. Candidate choice and ticket distribution are prone to turn out to be main points throughout the get together, significantly as completely different leaders try and strengthen their respective camps.
The controversy has moved past an inside Congress coverage dialogue. It has now turn out to be one other political weapon for the BJP, whereas exposing the rising variations between Warring and Randhawa forward of the elections.
