Veteran Congress chief and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has advised that the grand-old get together ought to be able to shun the management of the opposition INDIA bloc.
“I do not suppose it is a related query. I feel the Congress ought to be able to not be the chief of the bloc. Let whoever desires to be the chief be the chief. There may be competence in Mamata Banerjee… There may be competence in others within the alliance,” stated Aiyar when requested if every other get together could lead on the INDIA bloc. Aiyar was chatting with The Indian Specific in an interview.
Aiyar’s comment come at a time when there have been studies about non-Congress leaders comparable to Mamata Banerjee taking on the management position within the opposition bloc.
“So, I do not care who turns into the chief as a result of I feel the place of the Congress get together and of the Congress chief will at all times be a serious one. It does not need to be the one one. Will probably be the most important one within the INDIA bloc. I’m positive Rahul (Gandhi) shall be handled with much more respect than he could be because the president of the alliance,” stated Aiyar, who not too long ago got here out with the second quantity of his autobiography ‘A Maverick in Politics’.
Questions on Congress management
Questions have been raised about the way forward for the Opposition group within the current weeks following a string of debilitating electoral losses.
The Congress, which doubled its Lok Sabha election rating in 2024 common elections, nonetheless, suffered setbacks in Haryana and Maharashtra meeting elections held not too long ago. Quickly after the Maharashtra outcomes, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a veiled swipe on the Grand Previous Celebration.
Banerjee expressed curiosity in operating the INDIA bloc— with many key leaders within the Opposition bloc backing her as a ‘succesful’ chief.
Many leaders of the grouping appeared to agree handy over the management position to the West Bengal CM. Some, nonetheless, indicated {that a} determination could be taken later.
I feel the Congress ought to be able to not be the chief of the bloc.
On December 10,RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav prolonged help to Banerjee to take a management position within the opposition INDIA bloc.
“Congress’s objection means nothing. We are going to help Mamata…Mamata Banerjee ought to be given the management (of the INDIA bloc),” Yadav stated.
