MON, MAY 22 (MExN): Even as a press copy of the petition to Ranjit Thomas was issued to our local correspondent, the DCC vehemently denied all knowledge of suggesting that S.C Jamir be brought back to the state, as the party leader. The rejoinder jointly issued by the DCC president, P. Chingao Konyak and general secretary Manlip Konyak stated that the district Congress leaders had never discussed or submitted any petition to the Secretary AICC, Ranjit Thomas to this effect.
The DCC further stated that Congress party leaders of the district were not aware of the suggestion if it had been given by an individual of persons and maintained that the leadership would be decided by the party by the elected members after elections.
The rejoinder was issued against the news item which appeared in The Morung Express under the headline, “Demand for Jamir’s return grow within the Congress Party” wherein it was stated that the District Congress had submitted a petition to Ranjit Thomas for change of leadership. The aforementioned petition, submitted to the ACCI Secretary while in Mon, appealed for Jamir to be recalled back to the state for the salvation of the Congress party which was suffering from lack of strong leadership. The news item also had also mentioned that the DCC president had denied the submission of the petition even as he admitted that the same might have been done on an individual capacity.
It may be added in this regard that a copy of the petition had been made available to the correspondent by a veteran party worker which was addressed to the AICC Secretary, Ranjit Thomas. The petition had been submitted after the meeting during a closed door meeting of the DCC, PCC and other high profile persons of the district congress which took place after the meeting with the frontal organizations. It was also revealed by reliable sources in the party leadership that a copy of the petition had also been faxed to the Governor of Goa, SC Jamir. The press copy of the controversial petition is signed by five high-profile local Congress leaders of the district.
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