Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s party Shiv Sena has taken a dig at the BJP over the induction of Jitin Prasada, saying the younger chief was “ineffective for Congress and can stay so for the saffron party too.”
In a strongly worded editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, the party stated it was ‘hilarious’ to be aware that the BJP is celebrating the induction of Jitin Prasada. Maharashtra’s ruling party described Prasada as a younger chief, however stated that he was of “no use to the Congress and will remain so to the BJP.”
“Jitin Prasada, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin pilot were young leaders and there were high expectations from them. There is already a vacuum in Congress after the death of Ahmed Patel and Rajeev Satav. It is not good that young leaders are going the BJP way,” the Saamana editorial stated.
The Saamana editorial went on to say that “Prasada, who had confronted defeat in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, has lastly joined the BJP. Prasada’s members of the family had been Congress loyalists. He was a minister in former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s cupboard. However, he stored dropping Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The BJP has now began celebrating his induction into the party fold.’’
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Shiv Sena identified that “the caste politics of Uttar Pradesh is behind it.’’ “Eye on UP’s Brahmin vote financial institution is being stated to be behind Prasada’s induction into the BJP. But if Prasada had a maintain over the Brahmin votes, why these votes weren’t transferred to Congress?” the party questioned.
Shiv Sena additionally cautioned that the BJP is nervous at the second as a result of its conventional higher caste vote is drifting away from the party. “Till now, the BJP didn’t require any arithmetic or face in UP. Narendra Modi was all the pieces. Ram Mandir or Hindutva had been sufficient to win votes. But now, the scenario is so unhealthy that it needs the assist of Jitin Prasada?’’ it stated sarcastically.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party stated the essential subject is why are the Congress leaders leaping ship. Talking concerning the defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia to the BJP and the revolt of Sachin Pilot, the Shiv Sena stated that in Punjab, too, there’s a revolt within the Congress. It, nevertheless, stated that revolt and factionalism isn’t restricted to the Congress alone.
Shiv Sena additionally gave a bit of recommendation to Rahul Gandhi, saying that the Congress central management wants to create a powerful staff to revive the party. “The Congress has done a lot of work in the pre-Independence era and even after that. Congress has a contribution to building the nation. Even today, the ‘Nehru-Gandhi’ identity of the country cannot be obliterated. The Congress has a stronghold at the grass-root level,” it stated.
“Congress president Sonia Gandhi has ably carried out her accountability within the party. Now, Rahul Gandhi has to create a powerful staff, which would be the reply to the problem earlier than the party,” the Shiv Sena mouthpiece added.
In a shot within the arm for the BJP, Prasada, a Congress chief joined the saffron party on Wednesday, months forward of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early subsequent 12 months. The 47-year former Union minister comes from a widely known Brahmin household of UP.
