LOA Vol 36 - Issue - 02 - 15 Oct 2012
Zilla Parishad, Madhyottar Andaman
Nothing Official About It!
Srinivasan of the Congress was elected
unopposed as Up- Adhyaksh. N-M Andaman Zilla Parishad has 16 members. Madhuri
Giri had earlier the fortune of leading the first term as Adhyaksha where as
the second term was headed by P Prasad as Adhyaksh. Here the Congress versus
Congress game was more of Prasad versus Sony Thomas battle. Prasad is known to
be close to the President, Congress rewarded time and again for his outbursts
against Bhakta who was on his way out of the Congress when Kuldeep was
consolidating his position.
Prasad is known to maintain the same level
of aristocracy as his president on his visits to the state or national capital
and during routine activities. His tenure was marked with a period of one man
ship with the other members cooling their heels while he made hay as the sun
shone.
This time, he put his weight behind the
inexperienced Panchavarnum hoping for a
proxy rule but Sony Thomas a contractor turned TMC supporter turned Congressmen
who had played a important role in Madhuri Giri's first tenure stopped the
official Congress bandwagon. Contrary to popular sentiments Kuldeep offered
seat to a candidate fully aware of the fact that it'll go the other way, which
it did.
Now, there is lot of hue and cry about
disciplinary action by the Territorial Congress Committee, the highest local
body of the party filled with his sidekicks and kingmakers, but it seems
unlikely that Kuldeep would risk it and face a wipe out from North Middle
Andaman district. Here too the BJP had no stance to offer with its members
switching camp at will.
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