Jolt for TMC as Yatish peeved over no ticket

Navhind Times | 3 months ago | 26-01-2022 | 01:57 am

The founder leader complainsPanaji: Goa Trinamool Congress has received a jolt as its founder leader Yatish Naik has written to the party expressing displeasure over delay in naming him as a candidate for the ensuing state assembly polls.In a letter written on Tuesday morning that has also gone viral, Naik said that his name is kept on hold in spite of the fact that the party has declared two lists and so he feels humiliated and dejected that the word given to him is not kept.“Party hoppers have found place as candidates and though I am a founder member of TMC, who joined the party at Kolkata on September 29, my name is kept on hold in spite of two lists being declared,” he added.The TMC general secretary further said that he feels that the above politics is neither credible nor rooted in ideology and he feels humiliated and dejected that the word to him is not kept.“Now with two days left for last day of filing nomination and my name being kept on hold, it is clearly intended to give a rude shock to me,” he said.Naik said that this sort of politics has pained him and he has decided not to contest the ensuing assembly elections as being founder member he should not be humiliated like this by the party.Naik also said, “I need to state that in spite of bringing all the above issues to the notice of your concerned I-PAC persons who are the people at the helm for all reasons nothing has been done and I am compelled to take this decision.”“I am not interested to even witness the kind of politics that’s unfolding and would prefer to keep me aloof there from till the elections and let the fellow citizens see things very carefully and take the best call in the interest of our beloved state and our Goenkars,” he concluded.

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