Senior Congress chief Salman Khurshid needs his get together to suppose huge just like the BJP, and refuse to settle for “pessimistic view” that the outfit has now become too small, weak and cannot regain its lost ground.
“One take-away that I have from (West) Bengal and Assam (Assembly elections) is: You should never, never accept
that you are too small, you are too weak and that you can’t make it big in a particular region or State”, he instructed PTI in an interview on Monday.
“I believe, BJP has achieved that (think-big technique) the place they’d no existence in any respect. They tried to do it in different
locations the place they nonetheless don’t have any existence,” Khurshid said.
The Congress, the former Union Minister insisted, should not accept the “pessimistic view” that it has misplaced too
a lot floor and it can not now regain.
“I believe with dedication and confidence, we will and that’s what we must always do.”
Khurshid agreed with analysis in some quarters that there was tactical voting in the recent Assembly elections in
West Bengal, where the Congress and the Left were “wiped out”.
“That’s true. One analyst mentioned the extent of tactical voting that occurred in Bengal could not have occurred in Assam
however clearly tactical voting occurred in each the locations,” he said.
“…what do you do with it (tactical voting) as a party for the future, it’s something that we will have to
consider”.
Khurshid was requested about his take on evaluation by a few of his get together leaders who blamed a tie-up with Indian
Secular Front contributing to the rout in West Bengal and those that claimed that the partnership with AIUDF value the get together dearly in Assam.
“Whenever you don’t succeed, that is the form of rationalization that you’re given; if you succeed, you might be
given a unique rationalization,” he mentioned.
“So, I don’t think post-hoc explanations are sensible although they help you analyse your decision-making process
and merits of that decision. All I can say is: much can be said on both sides.”
Khurshid additionally mentioned that the Congress manifesto for Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, due subsequent 12 months, could be a
manifesto “from amongst” the people.
“Idea is to be a little more analytical about what is it that people want and see if we can give it,” he mentioned.
Khurshid added: “Of course, we proceed to face that downside of irrational division alongside castes and communities,
and that can get resolved over a interval. That (the division) can’t be one thing which will be wished away. It will get resolved over a interval.”
In the Assembly elections, the results of which were declared on May two, the Congress was decimated in West
Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress won with a tally of 213 of 294 seats.
The Congress also failed to defeat incumbent governments in Kerala and Assam.
In Puducherry, the party was defeated by the NR Congress-led National Democratic Alliance.
However, in Tamil Nadu, the Congress was a constituent of the winning Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance.
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