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NEW DELHI, NOV. 24. After being successful at occupying the top position within the party in the Capital, the newly- nominated Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president, Ram Babu Sharma, is now faced with the Herculean task of striking a serious balance among the different warring factions within the party and keep everybody in good humour in view of the organisational polls over the next few months. Political observers are of the view that though Mr. Sharma has managed to occupy centre-stage in the party, he would find it extremely difficult to take along all the factions and keep all the stalwarts happy. Interestingly, the party has already appointed Mahesh Joshi as returning officer for the organisational polls, which will be crucial for all factions. It is understood that all senior leaders, including the Union Minister for NRI Affairs, Jagdish Tytler, the Delhi Assembly Speaker, Chaudhary Prem Singh, the Outer Delhi Member of Parliament, Sajjan Kumar, the former Minister, Pervez Hashmi, and even the former DPCC president, Subhash Chopra, had backed the candidature of Mr. Sharma as the new DPCC president. It is no secret that Mr. Sharma does not get along with the Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, and has the backing of the anti-Sheila faction. However, it would be an enormous task for him to accommodate the viewpoint of all the leaders who have a clash of interests on different issues. Already fissures have started showing with some of senior leaders, including Mr. Tytler, Mr. Prem Singh and Mr. Hashmi, not comfortable with the emerging equation between Mr. Sharma and Mr. Sajjan Kumar. The recent appointment of certain sub-committees on various issues is a clear indication that the show was being run in the Delhi Congress at the instance of a handful of leaders. This is the reason, observers feel, that has delayed the re-constitution of the DPCC. "Mr. Sharma might have been installed against the wishes of Ms. Dikshit, but the future path for him is also full of hurdles. It is very difficult to bring together all these egoistic leaders as everybody has his own personal agenda ,'' a senior leader remarked. Similarly, there is also the question of taking along the elected representatives. Mr. Sharma does have full control over the party Councillors but the same cannot be said about the party MLAs. His rivalry with the party MLAs in East Delhi is well known. Also, Mr. Sharma is unlikely to adopt an aggressive posture against Ms. Dikshit or her Government and would rather depend on the blessings of his mentors in the AICC to fight any future proxy battle. As for Ms. Dikshit, she looks to be in complete command at present and there is hardly anyone within the party who can pose any kind of serious challenge to her leadership.
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