Am I less deserving?: Congress' Nagma asks Sonia Gandhi after being ignored for Rajya Sabha seat
“SoniaJi our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 when I joined Congress party on her behest we weren’t in power then. Since then it’s been 18 Yrs they dint find an opportunity Mr Imran is accommodated in RS frm Maha I ask am I less deserving", Nagma said in a tweeet.
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New Delhi, May 30: As Congress is facing flak for ignoring prominent names from its list of candidates for Rajya Sabha polls, Mahila Congress in-charge and actor Nagma Morarji on Monday, expressed disapproval over her name being left out of candidates' list released.
She questioned if she was "less deserving" and said that her 18 years of penance has fallen short in front of Imran Pratapgarhi from UP, who was accommodated as a candidate from Maharashtra.
“SoniaJi our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 when I joined Congress party on her behest we weren’t in power then. Since then it’s been 18 Yrs they dint find an opportunity Mr Imran is accommodated in RS frm Maha I ask am I less deserving", she said in a tweeet.
This was follow-up of a previous tweet, as she extended support to fellow Congress leader Pawan Khera, who had tweeted, "Maybe something was missing in my penance".
The Congress announced 10 candidates for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken, as well as the party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
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Many prominent leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad & Anand Sharma were left out of the list too. The G-23 got weak as senior leader M Veerappa Moily distnced himself, Jitin Prasada joined BJP, Sibal quitting the party and Wasnik not attending its meetings in recent times.
