NCP imports Dalit leader, rubs partymen up the wrong way
Published: Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011, 6:17 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Workers and leaders from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are
upset over the party joining hands with Gangadhar Gade, leader of the
Panthers Republican Party.
Sources revealed that some NCP workers feel that leaders from
"outside" were being thrust upon them despite the party having capable
candidates.
Former minister of state for social justice Gangadhar Gade, who was
with the Republican Party of India's Ramdas Athawale group, extended
his support to the NCP on Monday.
Gade will be a part of the coalition with the NCP for the forthcoming
municipal council and corporation elections, announced NCP state unit
chief Madhukar Pichad.
However, a group of Dalit and minority leaders from the party feel
that deadwood is being "imported" into the party by sidelining own
leaders.
"Gade has no following even in his own constituency in Aurangabad.When
his party contested in the municipal corporation polls, most of his
candidates lost their security deposits. He has no standing at all
among the Dalit voters but still our party has given him undue
importance," said an NCP leader.
He added that outsiders get key positions in the party immediately
after joining hands, while its own workers are kept waiting for years.
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