Infighting in Congress comes to fore

Dehradun | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

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She also met the CM to seek personal favours. Though she is like a mother figure to me but I will not tolerate wrong doings within the party as this effects everyone.”Problems between Godiyal started and Hriyadesh started after the latter favoured the entry of an independent politician Mohan Kala, who contested elections against him in the last assembly polls in 2017.He also alleged that Hriyadesh is not serious about her leadership roles otherwise she wouldn’t have supported someone who had created hurdles for Congress candidate in the past. DEHRADUN: While Congress managed to rock the BJP government inside the assembly, internal strife within the opposition too came to the fore when former Congress MLA Ganesh Godiyal demanded leaders of opposition, Indira Hriyadesh, resignation.Former Congress MLA from Srinagar constituency Godiyal demanded her resignation after chief minister Trivendra Rawat in said that she approached him to seek some favours for her son.Godiyal alleged that Hriyadesh has compromised with her party position by seeking personal favours from the CM and she must resign on moral grounds.Talking to TOI, Ganesh Godiyal said, “If you analyse the performance of leaders of opposition in budget session as well as in assembly, she has failed to counter the ruling party the way she should..