Tussle over CM lays bare fault lines in Congress
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Several senior Congress leaders and ordinary workers feel let down by the party’s insouciance. IUML, which spearheaded the UDF poll campaign successfully in many constituencies, has reason to be annoyed. Congress’ central leadership should have anticipated the present scenario, more so with the AICC general secretary in charge of the organisation being in contention, and acted pre-emptively by laying out its criteria for the chief ministerial choice