Stung by the Congress high command's decision not to give party tickets to repeatedly vanquished elders in the ensuing elections, the guillotined leaders have turned rebellious.
Former Gujarat deputy chief minister Narhari Amin and former minister Naresh Raval who have fared miserably at the hustings in previous poll encounters and wanted tickets this time as well are now yelling ‘bloody murder’.
Amin wanted a ticket from the Gandhinagar South constituency and Raval from Mehsana but both came a cropper after Delhi ruled that two times losers would not be fielded.
Amin did not respond to high command emissary Rajiv Shukla’s overtures to mollify him and convened a meeting of his supporters in Ahmedabad on Sunday in an apparent muscle flexing exercise. The meeting attended by their supporters sought to serve a two day ultimatum to the party big-wigs to suitably ‘compensate’ them for what is largely a loss of face since the last date of filing nominations is already over.