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The Indian Youth Congress has reportedly suspended over 200 office bearers across eight state units for failing to attend Rahul Gandhi's 'Vote Chori' rally held on November 1 at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi. While show cause notices were issued and some leaders cited family emergencies, others criticised the party for platforming All India Students' Association chief Neha Bora over internal cadre. In Madhya Pradesh alone, disciplinary action impacted 60 functionaries, including district presidents and general secretaries. The mass suspensions have triggered internal friction and provided fresh ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Party to target Rahul Gandhi.

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00:00Meanwhile, there appears to be some trouble for the Congress internally.
00:05More than 200 youth Congress office bearers have reportedly been suspended for missing Rahul Gandhi's November 1 vote chori rally
00:14at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
00:16A show cause notice was issued.
00:18Some cited family emergency for skipping the event.
00:21Some others have hit back and hard.
00:24Some going to the extent of criticizing platforming of AISA chief Neha Bora according to reports coming in.
00:30Now, this action has given the BJP fresh ammunition to attack the leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi.
00:35A Madhya Pradesh youth Congress leader who missed the rally responded saying a relative had passed away and that he'd
00:41already informed his party leaders in advance.
00:44Among those who've now been suspended include Kader who criticized the Congress party leadership for giving prominence to AISA chief
00:52Neha Bora
00:53on the Congress party's platforms and saying words to the effect.
00:58You may want to platform her, go ahead, but give responsibility to youth Congress leaders too.
01:03The youth Congress publicly announced disciplinary action against its own workers through its social media handles.
01:09The disciplinary action reportedly involves more than 200 office bearers across 8 state units.
01:14And this has raised questions over how the Congress is treating its own workers.
01:19Because it's given the BJP a stick to mock Rahul Gandhi or the Congress party claim.
01:25Even his own party colleagues and youth in his party are not convinced about his cause.
01:31On action taken in Madhya Pradesh, my colleague Gravesh Pal Singh is on Ground Zero in Madhya Pradesh.
01:36He reports that the disciplinary action impacts 9 district presidents, 5 vice presidents, 14 general secretaries and 32 secretaries.
01:46We will talk about this in greater detail.
01:49But on the wider aspect, the wider issue that's now being raised,
01:54especially about a senior Congress leader, a cabinet minister in Jharkhand, the health minister of Jharkhand,
02:01saying words to the effect that 40 lakh people are waiting on, they will take to the streets.
02:07Rahul Gandhi is holding them back.
02:10Learn lessons from Bangladesh and Nepal.

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