Tea seller working at Congress office, seeks ticket to contest elections

With an aim to serve the people of Queen of Hills a tea seller who has been working at Congress headquarters in Shimla for the last 40 years has sought the Congress ticket from Shimla Urban Assembly Constituency for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly electionsDevendra Kumar alias DK Chaiwala in Rajiv Bhawan Tea Stall at Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Office in Shimla may be one of the candidates for Congress among the big leadersThis year the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee has sought applications from those who want to contest the polls56yearold Congressman Devendra Kumar Rattan who is popularly known as DK in the Shimla Congress office has been serving tea to Congressmen and visitors here for almost 40 years nowThese days he has drawn attention after applying for a ticket from the Shimla Urban Assembly constituencyAlso Read HC denies bail to arrested man for possessing commercial quantity of drugsKumar who was associated with the Youth Congress in the year 1982 has applied for a ticket from Shimla city among the heavyweight leadersSpeaking to ANI DK said that Congress made the application free of cost and gave an opportunity to every worker who is serving the party for a long time to come forward for the electionHe said that he has been continuously associated with Congress for the last 40 years and has been serving tea from a common worker to a big leader for over nine yearsI have been a Congress worker since 1982 due to some reasons I had to shut my shop in some other area nearly nine year ago the Congress party has allotted me this place for tea canteen and I am serving tea to everyone here I have been serving the party for a long time I joined Youth Congress in 1982 and have been on different posts since then from my Krishnanagar area I am happy that the party has given an opportunity to every worker for an MLA ticket he saidThe tea vendor further said that he will keep serving tea and will work for the welfare of the people of ShimlaI want to serve the people of Shimla once a party ticket is given and if I win and elected as an MLA I will not take a single rupee from my salary I shall keep serving tea and work for the welfare of the people If another person gets a party ticket I will work hard to make the congress party win DK addedThe Chief spokesperson of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Naresh Chauhan said that it shows that the party gives importance to every workerThe Congress party has given an opportunity to apply for candidature this year a record 1350 candidates have applied and one of the candidates is Devender Kumar who runs a tea stall in Congress office His application has also been accepted and processed said ChauhanTaking a dig at BJP the spokesperson said that Congress is a party of common men and common people are given importance but on the contrary in BJP everyone heard that the Prime Minister was a Chaiwala tea seller but till date nobody knows any fact about this as they only market and sell itThis shows the farsightedness of the party and also shows that all workers are given importance here It is not BJP who just only does propaganda It is an example and Congress is a party of common men and common people are given importance but on the contrary in BJP we heard that PM was a Chaiwala but till date nobody knows any fact about this as they only market and sell it he saidThere are over 40 leaders including DK from Shimla city assembly constituency who have applied and have submitted their intention to contest the elections Among these big leaders Devendra Kumar Rattan alias DK has also become a topic of discussion between the party leadership and workersFrom all 68 Assembly Segments 1350 candidates have applied from Congress to claim the partys ticket to contest Assembly elections this yearThe Election Screening Committee is expected to scrutinize and finalize the first list by September 5 2022 Later the list will be finalized by the party high commandAssembly elections in Himachal Pradesh are likely to be held later this yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever