Don't backstab colleagues, Tewari warns party workers
Thursday, 16/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130516/punjab.htm#6
Ludhiana : Lashing out at the SAD-BJP government for its alleged all-round failure, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today cautioned Congress workers against backstabbing by own partymen.
“Had it not been internal sabotage, political equations in Punjab would have been different,” he said.
The Union Minister also hit out at the ruling coalition over the “poor law and order situation, shattered economy, widespread unemployment and rampant drug peddling and addiction prevailing in Punjab”.
Tewari addressed a series of public meetings in support of the party candidates contesting the zila parishad and block samiti elections in Jagraon assembly segment here.
He pointed out that despite best efforts of the party workers, Congress candidate from Jagraon Isher Singh Meharban had lost by over 200 votes as a few people from within had worked against him. “The Congress is strong enough to meet any challenge and if anybody can damage the party, it is the enemy within,” he warned.
The Union Minister said zila parishads and block samitis, besides panchayats, were the backbone of the democracy, particularly for ensuring development in rural areas.
Tewari said former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi had conceived the idea of strengthening the local bodies for effective governance and after his death, the Congress government in 1993 had passed the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution for the purpose.
Tewari expressed confidence that despite the “pressure” tactics and “arm-twisting” attempts by the Akalis in Punjab, the Congress candidates were in a strong position to make them bite the dust.
