Will Join Cong Campaign In Haryana, Says Selja Amid Murmurs Of Infighting

Chandigarh: Amid murmurs of infighting in the Haryana Congress, Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Monday said the aim is to bring the party to power in the state and that she will campaign in the assembly polls this week.

Selja’s statement comes after the ruling BJP targeted the Congress over the Dalit leader staying away from the poll campaign amid reports that she was sulking. Talking to PTI Videos in Delhi, the 61-year-old Selja, who is the Congress general secretary, said she will start the campaign in two-three days.

At a poll rally in Haryana’s Tohana, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, calling it an “anti-Dalit” party and said it “insulted” Dalit leaders like Kumari Selja and Ashok Tanwar. Shah’s remarks came after Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar had invited Selja to join the saffron party, amid reports that she was staying away from the campaign for the assembly polls. Khattar, the former Haryana chief minister, had last week pointed towards the alleged infighting in the state unit of Congress ahead of the assembly polls. Earlier, in a post on X, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said Selja will address a public meeting in Narwana on September 26 and will campaign for the Congress.