What would you call a person who unwillingly exposes a truth that he shouldn’t? A fool or a pure-hearted? We will let you decide what kind of person the individual actually is? Well, we are talking about a reluctant political leader. Any guesses, who he is? He is Rahul Gandhi – the scion of the Gandhi family.
For RaGa, regional parties don’t have an ideology
Any political party would want to project itself as the strongest one. After all, it is all about power. Thus, Rahul Gandhi wasn’t in the wrong when he wanted to project Congress as the strongest party by attempting to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that his party alone can fight the BJP. While he went on to praise his party, he also criticised regional parties saying “regional parties neither have an ideology nor a centralised approach”.
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The statement came on the last day of the party’s Chintan Shivir in Udaipur on Sunday. It looks like the former party President forgot that the Congress party is running a coalition government with many regional parties in many states.
Witty response to Rahul Gandhi by MVA
The statement, however, did not go down well with the regional parties and its ally partners in Maharashtra. The state’s ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government with leaders of both the Shiv Sena and the NCP expressed their resentment by stating that “the Parliamentarian should worry about revival of his own party instead.”
Sena spokesperson and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Manisha Kayande said, “Rahul Gandhi must not bother about regional parties. He must bother about revival of his own party and boost enthusiasm (of its cadre). The Shiv Sena and the NCP are together with the Congress in Maharashtra. The Congress is in alliance with regional parties in many states. Rahul Gandhi needs to be serious on how he needs to run his party.”
Sachin Ahir, deputy leader of the Sena, also said, “UPA-1 and UPA-2 had to be formed as regional parties were needed by the Congress. This trend will continue in the future as well. Regional parties can’t be ignored.’’
NCP’s chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase also stepped in to retaliate against the remarks made by Rahul Gandhi. He said, “In West Bengal, (TMC chief and CM) Mamata Banerjee has single-handedly kept the BJP away. In Maharashtra, the NCP and the Sena along with the Congress have kept the BJP away. In modern age, regional parties have become strong. One single can party can’t keep the BJP away, it will have to take regional parties along.”
NCP former MP Majeed Memon too jumped onto the bandwagon and said, “Rahul’s statement to the effect that the Congress is the oldest political party is factually true. The Congress had liberated India from British rule. But the position of the Congress since 2014 is a matter of serious concern. It has only two states under its rule. Rahul must be aware that other than the Congress, there are other non-BJP political parties which are recognised as national political parties and they have an ideology which is totally hostile to the BJP-RSS mindset.”
It took only one statement for the Gandhi scion to expose what is transpiring between the Congress and MVA. Once again, the same question arises. Who is Rahul Gandhi? A fool or just a ‘pure-hearted’ person?