Before the assembly of the Congress disciplinary motion committee (DAC) to resolve on the show-cause discover to him, former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday took a dig on the get together management by accusing it of getting ready to behave in opposition to these with a conscience .

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Jakhar was issued a show-cause discover by the DAC on April 11 for alleged anti-party statements throughout the Punjab elections, however he ignored it and selected to not reply. ,Aaj, sar kalam honge unke jinme abhi zameer baaki hai (Today, these with a conscience might be beheaded),” he tweeted earlier than the assembly of the committee headed by former Union minister AK Antony in Delhi.

The publish, which raises questions over the disciplinary motion, is being seen in get together circles as one other dare by Jakhar to the Congress management. The disciplinary panel had given him every week to answer and the deadline ended on Monday. According to sources near Jakhar, he has taken the discover as an “affront” and is in no temper to answer. While his refusal to reply to the discover has been seen by some as defiance, there are get together leaders who really feel the discover is unjustified and an overreaction when others who campaigned for rivals, together with the BJP, or fielded their family members in opposition to the official candidates of the Congress has not even been requested about their actions.

Action will escalate into preventing

There is a sense that motion in opposition to Jakhar, who headed the Punjab unit until 9 months in the past, may escalate infighting into the state unit that’s grappling with deep divisions. Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and another former MLAs had met Jakhar at his Panchkula residence on April 15 to precise solidarity with him. All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Raminder Awla has additionally come out in his assist.

The DAC had issued show-cause notices to Jakhar and Kerala chief and former Union minister KV Thomas for his or her remarks and actions. The disciplinary motion in opposition to Jakhar was sought by AICC secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary for talking in opposition to the get together.

Accused of fueling factionalism

During the Punjab elections, Jakhar had created a flutter in get together circles by stating that he was rejected for the chief minister’s publish for being a Hindu and blamed “senior advisers sitting in Delhi” for the choice. In one other assertion, he claimed that on the time of number of then chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s successor, 42 of the 79 Congress MLAs had backed him and solely two have been with Charanjit Singh Channi, whom the get together management picked for the publish.

Chaudhary, who wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, identified the adversarial affect of those statements on assist for the get together in the neighborhood not solely in Punjab but in addition in neighboring states. Jakhar was additionally accused of encouraging factionalism. “The letter was referred to the AICC disciplinary action committee by the Congress president for necessary action,” the discover mentioned.