Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Shatrughan Sinha faces protest at Congress meeting in Patna

A handful of alleged workers of the party shouted slogans against Congress candidate from Patna Sahib, Shatrughan Sinha when he arrived at the BPCC office to interact with the district level party workers and discuss his election plans.

Sitting MP from Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday had to face a minor protest at his new political home—the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) headquarters—when a section of party workers questioned him about his perennial absence from the constituency.

Congress candidate from Patna Sahib, Shatrughan Sinha in an election campaigning in Patna City. (Sonu Kishan / HT Photo)

A handful of alleged workers of the party shouted slogans against Sinha and urged Congress president Rahul Gandhi to replace the candidate. Sinha arrived at the BPCC office to interact with the district level party workers and discuss his election plans. Congress leaders, however, refused to recognise the enraged workers and said that they might have been planted by the BJP, Sinha’s previous party, which he has been critical of on multiple occasions.

Addressing the party leaders, Sinha said he was never elusive and always remained accessible to the people. He sought cooperation of all party workers to help him defeat the BJP candidate, Ravi Shankar Prasad

BPCC working president Samir Kumar Singh and MLC Prem Chandra Mishra welcomed Sinha at the programme and discussed at length about the plans to take on Prasad.