The Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress has suspended 60 office-bearers, including nine district presidents, for failing to attend the Congress’s ‘vote chori’ rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1.In an order issued on November 3, the organisation suspended them with immediate effect until further orders. The action was taken on the instructions of the Indian Youth Congress’s national leadership.The action covers nine district presidents, five vice-presidents, 14 general secretaries and 32 secretaries.The suspended district presidents are Saurabh Sharma of Maihar, Prithviraj Chauhan of Agar, Manmohan Shaktawat of Neemuch, Arjun Jangle of Burhanpur, Manvendra Mishra of Anuppur, Pancham Bhil of Guna, Aditya Goyal of Barwani, Manvendra Singh Parmar of Chhatarpur and Manish Purohit of Bhind.
Office-bearers had been directed to attend the rally, which was organised over allegations of vote theft. The suspension order described their absence as "organisational indiscipline."The suspensions are being seen as an effort to enforce organisational discipline and compliance with the leadership’s instructions.
The action follows the Congress’s show of strength in Delhi over its allegations of vote theft, with the leadership taking a strict view of the Madhya Pradesh office-bearers’ absence.- Ends