Tickets will be given on merit basis, says Rahul
HYDERABAD: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday told the party leaders in Telangana that those who remain in the midst of people and fight for them will get the tickets in the next year’s assembly elections.
Stressing the need for unity, he cautioned the state leaders against voicing their grievances before the media and also urged them to go to their respective constituencies and work on the ground.
On the second day of his two-day visit to Telangana, Rahul was addressing an extended meeting of Telangana Pradesh Congress Commitee (TPCC) at Gandhi Bhavan, the state headquarters of the party in Hyderabad.
Reiterating that the coming elections will be a direct fight between TRS and Congress, he made it clear that the tickets will be given only on the basis of merit.
“Tickets will be given on the basis of merit. Nobody should be under any illusion. Those who work and remain in the midst of people, fight for farmers, workers, pety traders and youth will get tickets on merit basis,” said the Congress MP.
“Our party is a family. No one should feel that he is being discriminated against. You will be rewarded for the work. No mater how senior a leader you are and no mater how many years you have spent in the party, if you don’t work, you won’t get a ticket,” he said, adding that the tickets will be given ater taking independent and ground feedback.
“If you sit in Hyderabad you will not get a ticket. Don’t come to Delhi, it backfires. Go to constituencies and villages, take to streets and work. I know, in Hyderabad you get good biryani and chai but you will have to leave Hyderabad and go to villages to be with the people,” he told the party leaders.
Stating that the Warangal Declaration passed at Friday’s public meeting is the first milestone for Congress leaders, he said their first task is to tell every citizen and every farmer of the state about the Warangal declaration.
In the declaration, the party has made a slew of promises to the farmers of Telangana.