Forced Entry into Meeting

Shimla, May 17
Enforcing discipline in the party had not been a tradition with the Congress in the state, but with national general secretary Birender Singh taking over as in charge of the party affairs, all this is set to change.

This has become evident from the show-cause notices issued by the Pradesh Congress Committee to leaders and workers who forced their entry into the meeting held at the party office on Sunday and indulged in rowdy behaviour.

Besides sending notices to five party men, who were identified on the spot, the party has written letters to heads of the three frontal organisations, the members of which were seen creating trouble during the meeting.

President, NSUI, Yadupati, head, Sewa Dal, Inder Lakhan Pal and president, INTUC, Hardeep Bawa have been asked to take action against all those who created a scene at the venue. Party sources said the action had been initiated against the workers with the approval of Birender Singh who wanted discipline in the party at all costs.

The workers associated with the three bodies gate-crashed into the meeting hall and when they were forcibly removed they started raising slogans. In the scuffle, two office employees were injured. The five workers to whom notices have been issued directly belong to Kumasain (1), Rampur (2) and Shimla (2).

Such incidents had been common in the past as important party meetings were often used by senior leaders to demonstrate the support they enjoyed among the party men.