Will work for Cong win, says Tanwar

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 14

Former state Congress president Ashok Tanwar on Saturday struck a conciliatory note, saying he and his supporters would “actively work on the ground” to ensure the party’s win in state elections.

“I and all state Congress workers who spent five years slogging in the field will put in our best in the state elections and work for the party’s victory. These workers have an impact on the ground and we will use that impact to the party’s advantage,” he said.

Tanwar added he had flagged to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi the need to take care of state workers in the elections. He had earlier argued that leaders who had contested Lok Sabha poll should not contest state elections.

Asked if he would congratulate Kumari Selja and Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Tanwar said, “I have already done that. I congratulate them and wish they work hard and improve the party’s vote percentage by 10 points.”

Tanwar said he had been speaking to leaders who had phoned him. “I took every call I got,” he said in first indications of harmony in state unit ranks long mired by factionalism.