Sitting Congress MP from the South Delhi constituency Ramesh Kumar, who is brother of senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar accused in anti-Sikh riot, is unlikely to get ticket for Lok Sabha as the party senior leaders don’t want to tarnish their image by giving ticket to anyone involved or related to Sikh riot. A senior party leader said that the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is against giving ticket to Ramesh Kumar and want to bring in young face in Delhi.
“All the ten assembly constituencies under the South Delhi parliamentary area were lost in last elections. Moreover, Ramesh Kumar is Sajjan Kumar’s brother, who is an accused in 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Rahul Gandhi is against giving ticket to any relative of a leader accused of communal charges,” said a party source.
Sajjan Kumar was given apparently a last chance to be in the mainstream politics directly or indirectly in last Assembly elections. His son Jag Parvesh had got a party ticket from Sangam Vihar constituency but he lost in the elections, he added.
Sources say party high command is in talks with some eminent sports personality from the national Capital for the South Delhi seat. The BJP has fielded Ramesh Bidhuri, sitting MLA from Tughalakabad and a Gujjar leader while the AAP has fielded Colonel Devendra Sehrawat, a leader from Jat community. The Congress is also searching for a face from the Jat or Gurjar community which are dominating the areas of South Delhi.
In the West Delhi constituency, the party may consider fielding Mahabal Mishra, the sitting MP of the area. Though all the Assembly seats of his constituency were also lost in last elections, but the party has no poorvanchali face to counter BJP. The BJP has fielded Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari from the North-West constituency.
“Mahabal’s son Vinay Mishra had got a party ticket from Palam Assembly constituency, but he lost in the elections. However, the party may reconsider Mishra as there is a significant population of poorvanchalis in West Delhi which voted him in last parliamentary elections,” said a party source.
The party is also hopeful with Mishra as the BJP has fielded Pravesh Verma, a leader from Jat community and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Saheb Singh Verma and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded former journalist Jarnail Singh from the constituency. Singh had shoed former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram during a press conference in year 2009 as he was irked over not getting satisfactory answer on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
“All the ten assembly constituencies under the South Delhi parliamentary area were lost in last elections. Moreover, Ramesh Kumar is Sajjan Kumar’s brother, who is an accused in 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Rahul Gandhi is against giving ticket to any relative of a leader accused of communal charges,” said a party source.
Sajjan Kumar was given apparently a last chance to be in the mainstream politics directly or indirectly in last Assembly elections. His son Jag Parvesh had got a party ticket from Sangam Vihar constituency but he lost in the elections, he added.
Sources say party high command is in talks with some eminent sports personality from the national Capital for the South Delhi seat. The BJP has fielded Ramesh Bidhuri, sitting MLA from Tughalakabad and a Gujjar leader while the AAP has fielded Colonel Devendra Sehrawat, a leader from Jat community. The Congress is also searching for a face from the Jat or Gurjar community which are dominating the areas of South Delhi.
In the West Delhi constituency, the party may consider fielding Mahabal Mishra, the sitting MP of the area. Though all the Assembly seats of his constituency were also lost in last elections, but the party has no poorvanchali face to counter BJP. The BJP has fielded Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari from the North-West constituency.
“Mahabal’s son Vinay Mishra had got a party ticket from Palam Assembly constituency, but he lost in the elections. However, the party may reconsider Mishra as there is a significant population of poorvanchalis in West Delhi which voted him in last parliamentary elections,” said a party source.
The party is also hopeful with Mishra as the BJP has fielded Pravesh Verma, a leader from Jat community and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Saheb Singh Verma and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded former journalist Jarnail Singh from the constituency. Singh had shoed former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram during a press conference in year 2009 as he was irked over not getting satisfactory answer on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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