Bangalore, May 09: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa
Moily on Saturday sought to down play reports of his removal as head
of the AICC media cell, saying the charge being given to
another leader was "an internal administrative arrangement" by
the party.
"I have not received any letter to this effect (on his
removal)" said Moily whose remarks against Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar are believed to have annoyed the party
leadership, which is trying to woo the JD(U) leader.
The former Karnataka chief minister, who has contested
the Chikballapur Lok Sabha seat, told a news agency "I don`t know what
they will do after the polls.”
Moily initially said, "I have no reaction" but later added
"it is an internal administrative arrangement by the Congress
whenever a candidate goes for an election."
Terming media reports on his removal as "mischievous news
planted by someone," he said the party order making AICC
General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi temporary in-charge was
issued on March 31.
"As I have been selected as a candidate from
Chikkaballapur, somebody has to be in-charge of the media
cell. Dwivedi was put in temporary in-charge", he said.
Moily, however, evaded a reply when asked whether he would
go to New Delhi after the election results to take over as
Congress Media cell convenor. He said he would be in Delhi on
May 17.
Asked whether his remarks on the JD(U) leader had cost him
his job, he said, "it has nothing to do with Nitish Kumar.
Nitish Kumar is not part of our party.”
Moily had also irked RJD leader Lalu Prasad and LJP chief
Ram Vilas Paswan by his remarks on their skipping the cabinet
meeting in the capital last evening.
Bureau Report
