For Struggling Congress, A Booster Shot From Tejashwi Yadav

New Delhi:

RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav at present stated any opposition entrance for the 2024 election with out the Congress can be “unimaginable” because the get together has a direct conflict with the BJP in some 200 of 543 parliamentary seats throughout the nation.

The Congress needed to be the bottom of any opposition grouping to tackle the ruling BJP, Tejashwi Yadav instructed NDTV in an unique interview.

“Any opposition unity effort can occur provided that the Congress is a part of it. The Congress must be the bottom. There are 200 seats the place the Congress is in a direct struggle with the BJP,” stated the Bihar chief of opposition.

“However wherever regional events are robust, they have to be within the driving seat,” he added.

Time is working out and the efforts to consolidate anti-BJP forces want to start out now, the RJD chief stated.

“We must always begin preps now. We won’t think about any entrance with out the Congress. As for management, that’s one thing we’ve got to take a seat and determine collectively. Maybe sacrifices have to be made for the sake of the nation, for the higher good,” stated Tejashwi Yadav, apparently implying that the Congress must compromise.

On who would lead the opposition entrance, if not the Congress, Mr Yadav replied: “We are able to solely know when everybody sits collectively. It’s the individuals who select their chief. We’ve got to see who enjoys extra help…”

The RJD chief’s feedback on the Congress distinction sharply with the dim view that his get together males took after the Bihar election, by which the Tejashwi Yadav-led opposition alliance was narrowly defeated  by Nitish Kumar-BJP’s NDA. Although the RJD emerged as primary, the Congress’s dismal efficiency was seen to have dragged down the opposition’s tally.

In current weeks, different Congress allies have made comparable statements.

NCP’s Sharad Pawar had stated that there might be no various alliance with out the Congress.

At the moment, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut echoed the view despite the fact that a Congress chief’s speak about combating the subsequent Maharashtra election solo has upset his get together in addition to the NCP.

“With out the Congress no opposition entrance will succeed. At the moment it might be weakened, however it’s nonetheless the primary opposition get together of the nation. We’ve got to take them alongside. There is no such thing as a pleasure in a third entrance or a 4th entrance or a fifth entrance. We’ve got to strengthen the prevailing entrance,” stated the Sena Rajya Sabha member.

“It is just when there’s speak about who will lead the entrance that the difficulty arises. A brand new entrance isn’t any various. We’ve got to strengthen the UPA.”

Mr Raut stated leaders like (Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee and NCP chief Sharad Pawar should communicate to the Congress management.

“Such a entrance cannot come to energy instantly. However a minimum of there might be a robust, united opposition entrance and the federal government must acknowledge that.”