Mumbai: After the Congress party gave the Rajya Sabha ticket to Imran Pratapgadhi, the Congress leaders in Maharashtra have come to the fore. Ashish Deshmukh, a prominent Congress leader from Vidarbha, has resigned as General Secretary. Deshmukh has tendered his resignation to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. Was there no other leader in Maharashtra to be sent to Rajya Sabha? He has asked such a question.
While there are many leaders in the state, the Congress party has nominated 34-year-old Imran Pratapgadhi from Uttar Pradesh for the Rajya Sabha seat. Since then, many senior leaders in the state as well as young leaders have expressed their displeasure. Ashish Deshmukh has resigned out of resentment. “Despite many capable leaders, the party has not considered the leaders here. Despite assuring me of Rajya Sabha, the party has not fulfilled it, ”lamented Ashish Deshmukh.
I am resigning as the General Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee as Imran Pratapgadi (Uttar Pradesh) was nominated for the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. Imposing an outside candidate will not be beneficial in terms of party growth. Ashish Deshmukh has resigned, lamenting that this is an injustice to ordinary Congress workers in Maharashtra. He also said that despite the resignation of the General Secretary, I will continue to work for the party as a staunch party worker.
- Who is Imran Pratapgadhi who won Rajya Sabha lottery from Maharashtra?
Mohammad Imran Pratapgadhi is an Urdu speaking poet. He is the Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh. Imran Pratapgadhi is known for his protest poems describing Muslim experiences and identities in India and other parts of the world. They are especially popular for the Urdu Nazm of “Madrasa” and “Haan Main Kashmir Hoon”.
Imran Pratapgadhi was the Congress candidate from Moradabad constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, they were defeated. The Samajwadi Party candidate won by 6 lakh 49 thousand 538 votes, but Pratapgadhi was dropped to the third position. He had to be satisfied with only 59,198 votes. He was then appointed as the Chairman of the Minority Section of the All India Congress Committee on June 3, 2021. Pratapgadhi is considered close to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. After the defeat in the Lok Sabha, Pratapgadhi is seen being rehabilitated in the Rajya Sabha.
