Ghulam Nabi Azad hatching conspiracy with rivals to break Congress: Kuldeep Bishnoi

NEW DELHI, November 23, 2020: Haryana Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday accused senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad of hatching a conspiracy with rivals to break the party.
The Adampur MLA also charged the veteran Congress leader of ruining the party in Haryana and claimed that the Congress would have formed the government in the state in last year’s assembly polls had anyone else, instead of Azad, been in charge of party affairs.
On Sunday, Azad had said there is a huge disconnect between the people and the Congress leaders and claimed that “five-star culture” has crept into the party. He had called for an overhaul of the party structure by conducting elections from block to state level.
Launching a blistering attack on Azad in a video message on his Twitter handle, Bishnoi said: “Azad says elections should be held from bottom to top level but he must answer me when he was being appointed as the Jammu and Kashmir youth wing president and the All-India youth president, at that time why he did not talk of elections.”
“What is your history? In entire life, you have won only three polls. Are you giving advice to the Congress Party. Are you talking against the Gandhi family which nominated you to the Rajya Sabha on five occasions,” Bishnoi said.
Bishnoi, the younger son of former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal, said, “I heard the statement of Ghulam Nabi Azad and felt surprised, pained and very angry that such a senior person was giving irresponsible statement that too on a public platform. It needs to be strongly condemned.”
“What is your history, two times Lok Sabha and one-time Vidhan Sabha. I have won more elections than you. I have won six elections, two Lok Sabha and four Vidhan Sabha, and I am still a sitting legislator,” said Bishnoi.
“I want to tell Azad sahib that we will not let the conspiracy he is hatching with the rival parties to break the Congress succeed,” he said.
The Haryana Congress MLA appealed to the party leaders and workers not to pay attention to “opportunist leaders” like Azad, whom he charged with “betraying” the Gandhi family.
“In J&K, no one gives you any weightage and over here you are giving advice.
And you give advice to the Gandhi family and you betray them. Can anyone forget the sacrifice of the Gandhi family. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv gave their lives for the sake of nation. Sonia Gandhi, whose husband was assassinated, accepted presidentship for the party’s sake,” he said.
Throwing his weight behind party’s top leadership, Bishnoi said, “Rahul is touring entire country to strengthen the party. Can anyone work so hard like Rahul is doing. Priyanka is strengthening the party and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his brother Rahul. And today you (Azad) are betraying that Gandhi family.”
“We will not let your plan succeed Azad Sahib. We fully stand behind the Gandhi family. If Rahul, Priyanka are there, only then the Congress stands,” he said.