Row over BJP rebel’s entry into Cong

Tribune News Service

Solan, April 12

The entry of BJP rebel Dyal Pyari into the Congress on April 1 has sparked a row within the Pacchad Congress as it termed it an affront to senior leader and seven-term MLA GR Musafir.

Since Pyari’s entry into the Congress obliquely projects her as the party’s choice for the 2022 Assembly election, Musafir’s loyalists like former mandal president Devinder Shastri today said anyone’s entry or exit from the party should be made after taking the mandal and the district level office bearers into confidence.

“The manner in which Pyari’s entry has been facilitated by the top level leaders has not gone down well with the local party leaders. There was no resentment against Dyal Pyari but against the manner in which the party had inducted her was highly objectionable”, added party leaders.

“A seven-term MLA, former Cabinet minister and former Speaker GR Musafir has been belittled by this act”, they added.

Musafir has lost three consecutive elections and the party was looking for a new face.