Rift Between Kumari Selja And Haryana Congress President Comes Out In Open Before Rahul Gandhi And Mallikarjun Kharge

The rifts between the warring factions of the Haryana Congress came out in the open before the party's central leadership when Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja argued with state party president Udai Bhan.

The argument happened in New Delhi before Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (13 August).

A meeting of Congress general secretaries, election in charges and state presidents was held where party general secretary Selja accused Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan of partiality.

Selja alleged that Udai Bhan invites people only from the Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp to the state-level meetings and only values them.

Notably, Udai Bhan is considered close to former Haryana Chief Minister Hooda and was made the state Congress president on Hooda's insistence by removing Selja.

Responding to Selja's accusations, Udai Bhan said, "We invite everyone but you don't turn up," as per News18 sources. Congress national general secretary K C Venugopal intervened after this.

He asked both the leaders to calm down and promised to sort the matter in a separate meeting. He asked the state in charge Deepak Babaria to resolve the differences and submit a report on coordination.

Swarajya reported earlier both camps are taking out their separate yatras -- 'Congress Maange Hisaab' Yatra and 'Congress Sandesh Yatra' where Deepender Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja are being projected as CMs respectively.

This makes Congress walk on a tightrope as it needs Hoodas to win Jat votes and Selja to win Dalit votes. Both communities form almost half of the Haryana's population, making them important to win the election.