Bibi Haniffa posted:Gilbakka posted:Demerara_Guy posted:Bibi Haniffa posted:Gilbakka posted:Since 1955 Cheddi had no serious rivals in the PPP. No need for CC voting.
Yes he did have rivals.
Ranji Chandsingh, the Harvard Graduate with a real certificate, and Balram Singh Rai, the University of London graduate with another real certificate were the rivals.
Unfortunately they were never given a chance to even make it to the Central Committee. Their wings were clipped before that.
Balram Singh Rai left the PPP when he lost the election to be the Chairman of the PPP.
The PPP expelled Rai. Read Ralph:
Rai and many others who challenged the status quo were expelled from the PPP.
Bibi, which status quo was Rai challenging? In my opinion, he needed to look at the broader issues and reacted outside of the rules established in the party of which he was a member. After, his supposed popularity among Indo Guyanese was proven to not be substantial. For me, to make matters worse, his Justice party was allegedly foreign funded. With the primary purpose of splitting the PPP votes in a critical election. That was his major mistake, in my opinion.