Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 15, 2022, 08:15 AM
Delhi: Vivek Bansal, in-charge of Haryana's All India Congress Committee (AICC) is on target after Congress leader Ajay Maken's defeat in the recently held Rajya Sabha elections. Vivek Bansal is being questioned after the party failed to ensure the victory of Congress candidate Ajay Maken in the Rajya Sabha elections despite having enough numbers. It is being said that they failed to capture a 'wrong vote' when it was their responsibility.
Vivek Bansal was agent of Congress leader Ajay MakenIn fact, the Upper House elections were held on June 10 and Vivek Bansal was an agent of Congress leader Ajay Maken. But even then they could not stop the "wrong vote" of an MLA. It was Bansal's responsibility to see each party MLA's marked ballot paper before casting it. The Congress party was expecting him to remain at the front as the party expected disgruntled dissident leader Kuldeep Bishnoi to engage in "cross-voting" in the election.The Congress leadership has now tasked Bansal to "identify" the party MLA whose ballot paper was rejected for being "mismarked", leading to Ajay Maken at the hands of Karthikeya, an independent candidate backed by the ruling BJP-JJP. was lost. Ajay lost to Maken Sharma by just 2/3 votes. In the election fray, BJP candidate Krishna Panwar had easily won. Apart from being "cross-voted" by Kuldeep Bishnoi, another Congress MLA's vote was declared wrong after which he was rejected.Vivek Bansal submitted the reporIt is being said that Haryana Congress in-charge Vivek Bansal has submitted his confidential report to the party high command. The report mentions the name of the MLA who "traitored" the party and whose vote was nullified. Bansal has also accepted the report that the MLA concerned had also dodged the authorized agent (Bansal) before casting his vote.Who is Vivek BansalThe Congress leadership had appointed Bansal, a former UP MLA, in-charge of Haryana in September 2020. He had replaced party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad. However, this task was not easy for Bansal. Many changes have also taken place in the state Congress, which has been battling factionalism and internal strife for a long time.63-year-old Bansal hails from Aligarh in UP. The last time he won the assembly elections from Aligarh seat was in 2002. Since then he has been losing from Koil seat. He lost the 2012 election to Samajwadi Party candidate by just 500 votes, while in 2017 and 2022, he finished third to BJP and SP candidates.According to his affidavit filed with the Election Commission for the 2022 election, Bansal had assets worth over Rs 5 crore and his primary source of income is "rental income and others". He also had several criminal cases registered against him, most of which were "not serious" mainly related to COVID-19 violations. He did his post graduation from Aligarh Muslim University.
Vivek Bansal was agent of Congress leader Ajay MakenIn fact, the Upper House elections were held on June 10 and Vivek Bansal was an agent of Congress leader Ajay Maken. But even then they could not stop the "wrong vote" of an MLA. It was Bansal's responsibility to see each party MLA's marked ballot paper before casting it. The Congress party was expecting him to remain at the front as the party expected disgruntled dissident leader Kuldeep Bishnoi to engage in "cross-voting" in the election.The Congress leadership has now tasked Bansal to "identify" the party MLA whose ballot paper was rejected for being "mismarked", leading to Ajay Maken at the hands of Karthikeya, an independent candidate backed by the ruling BJP-JJP. was lost. Ajay lost to Maken Sharma by just 2/3 votes. In the election fray, BJP candidate Krishna Panwar had easily won. Apart from being "cross-voted" by Kuldeep Bishnoi, another Congress MLA's vote was declared wrong after which he was rejected.Vivek Bansal submitted the reporIt is being said that Haryana Congress in-charge Vivek Bansal has submitted his confidential report to the party high command. The report mentions the name of the MLA who "traitored" the party and whose vote was nullified. Bansal has also accepted the report that the MLA concerned had also dodged the authorized agent (Bansal) before casting his vote.Who is Vivek BansalThe Congress leadership had appointed Bansal, a former UP MLA, in-charge of Haryana in September 2020. He had replaced party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad. However, this task was not easy for Bansal. Many changes have also taken place in the state Congress, which has been battling factionalism and internal strife for a long time.63-year-old Bansal hails from Aligarh in UP. The last time he won the assembly elections from Aligarh seat was in 2002. Since then he has been losing from Koil seat. He lost the 2012 election to Samajwadi Party candidate by just 500 votes, while in 2017 and 2022, he finished third to BJP and SP candidates.According to his affidavit filed with the Election Commission for the 2022 election, Bansal had assets worth over Rs 5 crore and his primary source of income is "rental income and others". He also had several criminal cases registered against him, most of which were "not serious" mainly related to COVID-19 violations. He did his post graduation from Aligarh Muslim University.