NEW DELHI: The Congress get together on Monday expelled former MLA Mohammed Moquim from the get together days after he wrote to Sonia Gandhi urging the elimination of get together president Mallikarjun Kharge on the grounds that “age is just not on his facet.Congress cited “anti-party actions” as the explanation behind his expulsion, nevertheless, it shunned specifying such acts.“That is for the data of all involved that AICC has authorised the proposal for the expulsion of Sri Md. Moquim from the first membership of the get together, as a consequence of anti-party actions,” the discover issued by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) mentioned.Moquim had written to Sonia, urging her that the get together ought to take into account bringing ahead “younger leaders”, including that the Grand Outdated Social gathering was going by a “tough part”.“I’ve written a letter to Sonia Gandhi stating that the get together goes by a tough part and desires her recommendation and new management… Age is just not on AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge’s facet… We must always carry ahead younger leaders. I do know that Sonia ji and the CWC members will certainly talk about this…. Nuapada by-elections have been regarding,” he had mentioned.The 60-year-old obtained criticism for the letter as OPCC chief Bhakta Das went on to equate his remarks as one aligned with the BJP.“Those that problem the get together management ought to instantly be a part of the BJP,” he mentioned on Sunday.
What the letter mentioned
Addressed to Sonia Gandhi, Moquim’s letter identified get together’s current electoral defeats in Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and Kashmir and blamed a “collection of fallacious selections, misguided management decisions”.“The current outcomes in Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Kashmir, the place our defeats have been by staggering margins, are usually not simply electoral setbacks; they mirror a deeper organizational disconnect,” the letter mentioned.“A collection of fallacious selections, misguided management decisions, and the continued focus of duty within the fallacious fingers have weakened the Social gathering from inside. Relatively than correcting these errors, we look like repeating them and the implications at the moment are seen to all the nation,” the letter added.The letter additional questioned whether or not the “obligations are being entrusted to the precise individuals”.“Painful questions are being raised: Are selections being made with seriousness? Are obligations being entrusted to the precise individuals? Does the management totally grasp the gravity of this disaster, or are we permitting the Social gathering’s decline to proceed unchecked, with selections remaining within the fallacious fingers?” he questioned.The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering was fast to react to the “inner rift” with Shehzad Poonawalla saying, “Staff Priyanka vs crew Rahul out within the open now Inner rift in Congress out! Senior Congress chief from Odisha Writes to Sonia Gandhi: Says Kharge Hatao ,Priyanka Lao;Hits out at state and central management Odisha chief Mohammed Moquim has questioned the management disaster nationally and known as for deep structural, organizational and ideological renewal for the get together’s revival. He notes a “deep and rising disconnect” between the Congress management and Indian youth, saying that beneath the present management of Mallikarjun Kharge, who’s 83, the get together has been unable to resonate with the youth.”
Moquim’s previous controversies
This was not Moquim’s first brush with controversy. He was suspended on July 15, 2023, for questioning Pattanaik’s management, a call that was later withdrawn on January 23, 2024, forward of the simultaneous Meeting and Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, he had obtained a show-cause discover for cross-voting in help of NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu in July 2022. The previous Barabati–Cuttack MLA, who was elected for the primary time and whose seat is now held by his daughter Sofia Firdous, was disqualified from contesting the 2024 elections after being convicted in a state vigilance case on September 29, 2022.