NEW DELHI, Oct 24: Under suspicion for his alleged role in the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee revolt, Congress vice-president Jitendra Prasada has begun moves to pin down N D Tiwari and Tariq Anwar for the UP revolt.``Nothing happened when I was PCC chief. Several meetings of the CLP were held and the two groups never clashed. All of them were my followers as long as I headed the PCC,'' Prasada said today.Apart from Kesri, Prasada has also met Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, Rajesh Pilot, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and others giving them his side of the story and pressing for an emergency meeting of the Congress Working Committee to thrash it out. The walkover of two-thirds of the Congress Legislature Party to the BJP is the most serious such development in the Congress.One view gaining ground in CWC is that Kesri wants to save Tiwari and Anwar from further trouble as both enjoy his confidence. Prasada doesn't and is therefore keen to save himself. Prasada's argument is that he relinquished charge of the UPCC in June this year and was therefore not responsible for the defection to the BJP.Tiwari was appointed PCC president on October 17, the Bahujan Samaj Party withdrew support to the BJP government on October 19 and the UPCC split on October 21. Prasada feels he has no role in this sequence of events. Sources close to him said that Prasada was asked to go to Lucknow after the UPCC split even though Tariq Anwar is technically incharge of UP.Kesri is said to have suggested that R K Dhawan be sent to UP to limit the damage in the party but this was vetoed by Prasada. Anwar stayed put in Delhi, perhaps not wanting to get involved in what was a grave crisis and Prasada joined Tiwari in Lucknow.By then the horses had bolted and both were left accusing each other for allowing this to happen. Prasada has called for a full inquiry into the revolt but even this has not been ordered by Kesri so far. Also there is no word on the disciplinary action. Only, the antagonist factions have indulged in mudslinging. Prasada today sought to end this. ``There should be no whisper campaigns. An inquiry should be launched to pin responsibility. And anyone accusing me of allowing the MLAs to cross over to the BJP must do so in the open,'' he said.
