Bhopal, Mar 25: After Gufran-e-Azam lodging his protest by tendering resignation from the post of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) executive council, convenor of PCC minority cell Sayeed MM Bukhari and former secretary and spokesperson M Idris Khan on Tuesday lodged their protest alleging inadequate representation to minority leaders in the new executive.

On March 21, Pradesh Congress Committee president Suresh Pachauri declared his new working committee. The committee comprised 12 vice presidents, 17 general secretaries, 1 treasurer, 26 secretaries, and 50 working committee members.

On Tuesday, Bukhari and Idris spoke to Narayan Sami, AICC general secretary and party in charge of Madhya Pradesh. They alleged grass root members and especially minority leaders failed to find proper place in the new working committee.

After listening to the advice of Narayansami to speak to PCC chief to solve their problem, they met PCC chief Suresh Pachauri at his residence. The PCC chief assured them to solve the problem at the earliest, they added.

Arif lambastes Gufran

Bhopal, Mar 25: Congress MLA and Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Arif Aqueel on Tuesday lambasted on former MP and senior Congress leader Gufran-e-Azam who tendered his resignation from the post of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) executive council on Monday.

Gufran is a political opportunist leader, without any base among the grass root workers. Under his leadership Congress party never won a single election, he alleged while addressing a press conference at PCC headquarter.

Since past 20 years he enjoyed various post in PCC, but never visited PCC office. He doesn't have any contribution towards the organisation. Infact, he utilised PCC posts for his personal gains, exhorted Aqeel.

I ask Gufran what is his contribution in the development of Bhopal? Did he ever raised plight of gas victims in the Rajya Sabha and Parliament? Why he never returned back land holding of tribals that he forcefully grabbed in Jhalpipli and Beerpur? Is it not true that he installed a stone crusher unit in the name of his wife inside the reserve forest area near Kolar Dam, he asked Gufran.

He is the one who is responsible for the decline of Hockey game in Bhopal.

Aqeel also circulated figures of votes that came into the pocket of Congress party from Nishat Colony, Jhalpipli and Beerpur polling booths in general and Assembly election since 1998.

He ended by saying that since 2004 (period when Congress is in Opposition) Gufran never participated in a single dharna or rally organised by Congress party on various occasions till date.