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Amit dares rivals to counter Ajit Jogi family

Published : Feb 11, 2016, 12:22 am IST
Updated : Feb 11, 2016, 12:22 am IST

The rivalry between former chief minister Ajit Jogi and Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupesh Baghel Wednesday came to the fore, with the former’s son Amit, expelled from the party

The rivalry between former chief minister Ajit Jogi and Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupesh Baghel Wednesday came to the fore, with the former’s son Amit, expelled from the party for his alleged role in poll fixing, indirectly daring the latter to counter his family politically.

Both Jogi Junior and Mr Baghel organised separate rallies at two different places in Bilaspur district, considered to be the bastion of the Jogi family, in a show of strength, generating heat in the beleaguered Congress in Chhattisgarh.

While Mr Amit Jogi was given a warm reception by his supporters in a rally organised by them in his Assembly constituency of Marwahi in the district, Mr Baghel addressed a huge gathering of party workers in Bilaspur, 120 km from here, apparently to keep the flock of local Congress activists together. “The Jogi family is not a mere branch of a tree that it could be broken. The Jogi family is a huge tree which can never be uprooted. While my family is fighting against the wrong policies of the Raman Singh government, others in the party are busy targeting us,” Jogi Junior said. The PCC rally led by Mr Baghel was organised to protest against the alleged fixing of the Antagarh byelection last year by the ruling BJP in connivance with a section of the Congress.

While Mr Amit Jogi was expelled from the party in connection with the alleged poll-fixing, the Chhattisgarh PCC has recommended the AICC to oust Mr Ajit Jogi.

Meanwhile, the state PCC on Wednesday announced that disciplinary action would be taken against the Congress leaders who attended the rally of Mr Amit Jogi.

Location: India, Chhatisgarh, Raipur