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NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. The heated debate on trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at the House meeting in Town Hall on Monday brought to the fore the "intensifying" factionalism among the ruling Congress leaders in the Capital. Political observers feel that the open verbal tirade against their own Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, who was responsible for the party's victory in two consecutive polls in the Capital in the past one year, does not augur well for the party in the coming days. Barring four, almost all the Congress Councillors present during the debate on MCD's trifurcation directly or indirectly criticised her. All this while both the Leader of House, Satbir Singh, and the Standing Committee Chairman, Mukesh Goel, kept quiet and were even seen giving additional inputs to their party colleagues to speak against the Delhi Government. They did not deem it fit to prevent the Congress Councillor from Vivek Vihar, Preeti, from launching a personal attack against Ms. Dikshit. It was not the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, but the Congress Councillors who accused the Delhi Government of being "corrupt" and "anti-people". In fact, it was the Leader of the Opposition, Subhash Arya, who was the first to raise the matter after which the Mayor of Delhi, A.R. Verma, allowed a debate on the issue. "The (Sheila Dikshit) Government is putting hurdles in the developmental works of MCD. All our projects are being held up or delayed by the Delhi Government. They are not releasing our funds," a Congress leader alleged. "She is trying to not only weaken the MCD, but also destroy it beyond recognition. This is the reason why we decided that the Councillors should be permitted to vent their anger against our own party Chief Minister as this is the question of our very survival," a top Congress leader in the MCD said. "And the meeting only reflected the popular resentment against Ms. Dikshit. It also proved that she did not have the support of all the Councillors," he said. On the other hand, the party Councillor from Dilshad Garden, Ajit Singh, alleged that it was all pre-planned move by some top Congress leaders of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. "They want to settle scores with Ms. Dikshit. On Monday, they used the MCD House meeting as a platform to defame her," he observed. He said that it was because of Ms. Dikshit and the good work done by her that these Congress leaders were elected to the MCD and Delhi Assembly. "In stead of recognising her contribution, a group of Congress leaders in the Capital are trying to throw her out," said Mr. Singh. His colleague, Prem Kumar, who was among the few to support Ms. Dikshit said: "Monday's meeting is a blot on the image of the party."
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