Things are changing in the Barak Valley as new and young leaders are comming up in every party. Both BJP and Congress has some young leaders who are working for the party for sometime. Parties are desperate to have young face to attract growing young voters. Will Ranada (Sontosh Mohan Dev) get nomination from silchar LS seat?
SILCHAR, Feb 17: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev who dominated the political scenario of Barak Valley and has been holding the Silchar LS seat almost unchallenged since 1980 is now facing gauntlet not only from AUDF and BJP but also from his own party. In all fairness, his pitch looks queered. Urban Development Minister Dinesh Prasad Goala and APCC General Secretary Pradip Dutta Roy have emerged as his rivals by filing nominations. Both look firm on their stand to contest.
Goala has gone on record to say “tea tribes of this valley are unanimous in their decision to have their representation in the Parliament.” Pradip Dutta Roy, on the other hand, justifies his stake on the ground that the Party High Command Sonia Gandhi and General Secretary Rahul Gandhi want change and new young faces.
In the meantime, Silchar District Congress Committee sent the panel of three candidates for Silchar seat to APCC on February 10. APCC Election Committee is to sit on February 18 to take up for consideration the panel of candidates for all the 14 Parliamentary constituencies. The short listed candidates three for each LS seat will then be forwarded to AICC for final decision.
According to Silchar DCC sources, names of candidates from block levels as per guidelines of APCC have been to the district committee. Interestingly, Silchar, Borkhola, Kalain and Katigorah blocks recommended the name of Sontosh Mohan Dev only. Rajabazar, Udharbond and Narsingpur sent in their recommendations with Sontosh Mohan Dev as their first choice, followed by that of DP Goala and Pradip Dutta Roy. Dholai, Lakhipur, Binnakandi and Palonghat, on the other hand, preferred their first option for Goala.
One name panel sent by some blocks came in for severe criticism by a section of party leaders and workers and accused the DCC Silchar for flouting inner party democracy. DCC should have insisted on panel of three candidates, said a leader on condition of anonymity. It is also the tradition of the party, he pointed out. The flouting of standing norms has been brought to the notice of Veerappa Moily, in charge of Asom Election and APCC President Bhubaneshwar Kalita.
The ‘Ajmal factor’ has also sent ripples in both APCC and AICC. The cause of worry is in case the traditional minority vote banks of the party shift their allegiance to AUDF, it will be a matter of setback. This has also seriously engaged the attention of the Asom Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to think of Silchar seat in the changes scenario. His concern is how to bring about unification of factions and neutralize the AUDF challenge.
According to a reliable source here, five new faces are tipped by APCC on Guwahati, Lakhimpur, Mongaldoi, Nagaon and Barpeta seats. Will it be a new face for Silchar, asked political analysts. But, from all reckoning, Sontosh Mohan Dev remains the preferred name on the panel of both DCC Silchar and APCC, considered against the back ups of the blocks and Assembly segments. His proximity to Sonia Gandhi and AICC top echelons can hardly be ignored. source: the sentinel assam
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