Later, asked about the BJP leaders’ statements about her and the possibility of her switching sides, Selja said, “I have made it abundantly clear that I am a Congressperson, I will remain a Congressperson and the BJP is trying to hide its own shortcomings and that is why they are trying to divert attention to these kinds of issues.””They should first share with people what they have been able to achieve in the last 10 years. On the contrary, people feel cheated in 10 years of misrule of the BJP,” she told PTI.Her remarks came after party general secretary Randeep Surjewala said Sirsa MP Selja will campaign for the Congress and address a public meeting in Narwana this week.The BJP has targeted the grand old party over alleged infighting amid reports that she was sulking.Selja, 61, is a Congress general secretary and prominent Dalit face of the party.With Haryana going to polls on October 5, the ruling BJP has been targeting the Congress over the Dalit leader staying away from the poll campaign.Union minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar had recently invited Selja to join the saffron party, amid reports that she was staying away from the campaign.Khattar, the former Haryana chief minister, had also pointed towards the alleged infighting in the state unit of Congress ahead of the assembly polls.Several BJP leaders have been targeting the Congress over alleged disrespect being meted out to Selja, whose last campaign was in support of party candidates Shamsher Singh Gogi and Shalley Chaudhary on September 11.Selja was also conspicuous by her absence at an event in Delhi where the Congress released its guarantees for the polls.
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