Soon after the Janata Dal (United) ditched the Opposition’s grand alliance to rejoin the NDA, celebration chief KC Tyagi on Sunday (January 28) got here down closely on Congress and alleged that Congress needed to “steal” the management of the I.N.D.I.A bloc by way of “conspiracy”. Tyagi additionally stated that Congress stored on dragging the seat-sharing talks sidelining the solutions for its urgency. The remarks got here after Nitish Kumar resigned because the Bihar Chief Minister, ending his over a yr affiliation with Mahagathbandhan and the I.N.D.I.A bloc.
Tyagi alleged that it was first determined within the Mumbai assembly of the joint Opposition that the Lok Sabha elections will likely be fought and not using a Prime Ministerial face, nonetheless, within the December 19 assembly that passed off in Delhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s title was projected because the PM face “through a conspiracy”.
“Congress wanted to steal the leadership of INDIA alliance. In the meeting that took place on 19th December, through a conspiracy, to get the leadership of INDIA alliance, Mallikarjun Kharge’s name was proposed (as PM face), earlier in the meeting that took place in Mumbai, it was unanimously decided that without any PM face, INDIA alliance will work…through a conspiracy, Mamata Banerjee was made to propose Kharge’s name as PM face,” Tyagi alleged.
“All other parties have made their own identity by fighting against Congress…Congress kept dragging the seat sharing, we kept saying that seat sharing needs to happen immediately…INDIA lacked plans to fight against BJP,” he added.
Congress reacts
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge stated that he knew that Nitish Kumar would exit the alliance, including “There are many individuals within the nation like ‘Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram’.
“Earlier he and us were fighting together. When I talked to Lalu Ji and Tejashwi, they also said that Nitish is going. If he wanted to stay, he would have stayed but he wants to go. That’s why we already knew this, but to keep the I.N.D.I.A bloc intact, if we say something wrong, the wrong message will be sent. This information was already given to us by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. Today that came true. There are many people in the country like ‘Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram’,” Kharge stated.
(With ANI inputs)
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