AICC so no show cause notice could be issued to any member of the AICC by you

At the outset as brought to my notice by virtue of being an member of the AICC  so no show cause notice could be issued to any member of the AICC by you . The only power to issue such notice to the  member of AICC vests with the Hon’ ble  congress president or with the chairman of the central disciplinary action committee according to the constitution of our congress party . I think it could be sufficient for you to withdraw this illegal and unwarranted show cause notice to me and the other members of the AICC and not prolong this issue any further as it would not be in the interest and welfare of our party .

But however being a loyal soldier of the party I with respect to the chair and our High command bring the  following facts which should be sufficient to rebut the allegations contained  in the notice against me .     

It was very unfortunate and disturbing to see that I have been issued a show cause notice vide ref no 1752/13 dated 25-02-13, anyways I am giving you the reply I am giving clarification on every point one by one.

Regarding the campaigning in Moga bye election inspite of my ill health I was very much present there for two days (20-21 Feb2013) in village Madeerkalan where Mr Kuljit Nagra was the incharge along with the congress leaders Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Mr Hans Raj Josan. Later I was present at the old grain market where Union Minister Mr Pawan Bansal addressed a press conference with Mr G S Charak  (general secy in charge Punjab) and other  senior leaders present . On 21^st Feb the candidate asked me to make an  public  appeal  through TV channel. In my own capacity I also helped the candidate personally at my will which can be verified from the candidate. There was no official communication given to me about the booth numbers which you have mentioned now. (Submitting you pictures of the campaigning along) 

I had a verbal talk with yourself and also the secretary in charge for the election campaign  where in I had requested you and her for exemption  that due to my health and family issue I will not be able to campaign as I had to attend to my family member who was ailing due to cancer, later passed away on dated 22-02-13. This was conveyed to you in the first week of February so where does the question come of allocating the booths to me.

Regarding the unfortunate incident at Chandigarh golf club which you have mentioned in your show cause notice, I am occasional golfer,  & yes It was a sad incident which took place at the golf club and you seem to be using it as a tool to malign my image . Due to family values in culminated in me I do not wish to get personal considering your age and position  about who is  causing shame to whom least said the better , “People living in glass houses should refrain from throwing stones on others”

With due respect if yourself or the party felt that I had not performed in the Moga by election, ethically you should  have  taken all the measures at the party forum level only .Why and how the show cause notice was leaked to the media intentionally as per your statement in HT released from Patiala says it all.  Doesn’t this amounts to the gross indiscipline ?

The party lost the Moga bye election, instead of taking blame on yourself and the coterie around you for gross mismanagement in elections ,  you  started targeting the senior congress leaders of the state selectively to divert the attention from the reasons of the defeat to blame game. The party lost in the Moga city after a long span which is a strong hold of the congress, you personally camped in village charik (Moga) where the party lost by over 1200 votes, the congress had wrested  the Moga assembly seat 8 times till date. Can the PPCC president reply why only selected few  people were issued show cause notice when his own son who contested parliament and assembly elections Raninder Singh ( Tikku ) who did not turn up even once in Moga bye election, So why the policy of pick and choose? I personally think that you should self introspect the loss of two bye elections with huge margins where congress had strong holds and take onus for the loss.

Keeping in view the forth coming parliament elections the show cause notices were unwarranted because the moral of the cadre is already low and this action would cause resentment and dissention in the party which may effect the  prospects of the party in the coming parliament elections. I think if you would have placed your house in order first, the party in Punjab would not have suffered two successive defeats in the 2007 and 2012 assembly elections by personally visiting all 117 assembly segments.  

I am loyal soldier of the party since last twenty years and three time MLA, also my family served the congress party from pre partition era. My ancestors were even jailed with Pt Jawaharlal Nehru during Jaito morcha at Nabha. After operation bluestar you quit the party but my father Late S Gurdarshan Singh didn’t resign from the party, it seems that you are nursing that grouse against my family ever since. During peak of terrorism my mother after losing her husband was assigned duty to strengthen the mahilla congress in the state thus appointed founder mahila congress president of the state of which late Sh Rajiv Gandhi had given her award for her contribution to the party. Myself being the fourth generation working for the congress party have and am being assigned duties by the high command in other states too from the Indian youth congress days till now  always have protected the interest of the party first by fulfilling my duties to my best abilities so  how cannot I not perform in my own state? I shall always be loyal soldier  of our  party.

In the afore mentioned facts I have tried to show that I am  not in anyway in the habit of committing any act  of party indiscipline . In this back ground I call upon yourself to withdraw this show cause notice as our party interest is being compromised to pursue vested interests. Also your illegal notice as per congress party constitution amounts to gross indiscipline from your end along with leakages in the press through your office so therefore  my reply is being submitted to protect your malicious campaign to hurt my clean  image publically.        

Regards

Sh Randeep Singh Nabha

MLA, Amloh