Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 18
A day after the election committee of the city Congress recommended the name of Pawan Kumar Bansal for the party ticket for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, the other three contenders of the ticket have decided to take up their case with the party high command.
Wasim Mir, a party leader from the Manish Tewari camp, said they would go to Delhi to raise the issue with the party high command. Former mayor Poonam Sharma, who is a close aide of Navjot Kaur Sidhu, said she too would approach the party high-ups.
Savita Sisodia, another contender for the Congress ticket, raised questions over the recommendation. In a statement issued today, she alleged that the meeting was held in a closed room and no candidate was called by the Chandigarh Congress Committee for it and only Bansal was present.
She hoped the selection of the candidate would be made on the basis of merit.
City Congress president Pradeep Chhabra said the election committee was formed following the approval of AICC chief Rahul Gandhi. Since Bansal was one of the members of the committee, he was present in the meeting.
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