Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar today publicly revolted outside party chief Sonia Gandhi’s residence here, alleging sale of party ticket.

“There are allegations that the Sohna Assembly ticket has been fixed for Rs 5 crore,” he claimed outside the AICC headquarters where a thousand-strong gathering of his supporters sat on a daylong protest, alleging denial of nominations to “deserving” workers by a select few, a reference to state chief Kumari Selja, CLP leader BS Hooda and AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad.

We spread the message of solidarity,” Tanwar said, alleging he had given a list of over 80 candidates but hardly anyone was accommodated.“We have assembled here to seek justice…no leadership was allowed to come up in Haryana for years. We created leaders across 36 castes but today attempts are being made to politically murder you all,” Tanwar told the gathering.

Tanwar, upset over being replaced with Selja as state chief, addressed his loyalists outside Sonia’s house and without naming anyone took swipes at the Hooda camp. “Who gheraoed the state Assembly all these years? You and I and all Haryana Congress workers together did that. Who spread the message of harmony after some people ignited caste passions and inflamed Jhajjar, Rohtak and other parts of the state? They were not even allowed to enter these places.

Throughout the day, Tanwar’s supporters raised slogans against Azad and Hooda. “I’m a human bomb and will take this fight to the finish. Genuine workers can’t be ignored. I’ve always faced the enemy from the front. I’ve always told the enemy that I can’t be killed just like that. You will need a bullet to kill me,” he said as his supporters questioned the party formula of repeating sitting MLAs.