Summary:
The Congress’s Gautam Budh Nagar president, Mahendra Nagar, said most party workers had accepted the high command’s decision except for a handful who continued to protest against the choice. The party’s decision to nominate Arvind Singh from Gautam Budh Nagar has brought the rift within the party out in the open. Noida: The Gautam Budh Nagar unit of the Congress held a meeting in Greater Noida on Tuesday to placate party workers who have objected to the candidature of Arvind Singh, whom they described as an “outsider”. Sources said many party workers had been raising slogans against Arvind and even tried to disrupt the meeting. “I would request the party workers not to get confused,” he was quoted as saying at the meeting.Virendra Singh Guddu, a party functionary, said: “It’s unfortunate for Gautam Budh Nagar that each time, a candidate is parachuted from outside..