New Delhi: Taking potshots at Jitin Prasada for switching over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress veteran Kapil Sibal on Thursday alleged it represented politics of ‘prasada’ or private beneficial properties.
“What is the rational basis for that except for ‘prasada’ [personal gain] politics…We see this happening around the country,” he stated.
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Wondering why Prasada determined to affix the BJP, Sibal stated if the previous would have left the celebration sad over the management’s response on the issues raised by the letter writers then that may have been his private alternative and he was entitled to depart.
Sibal’s outburst got here as Prasada together with him was a outstanding member of the Congress’ group of 23 leaders who wrote to celebration chief Sonia Gandhi looking for organisational overhaul final yr.
Responding to a poser in regards to the reforms not being applied thus far, Sibal stated it’s for the highest political leaders to determine, including he has no feedback to supply at this stage.
“As long as we are in the Congress and we continue to embrace its ideology, I think all 22 of us, now that we are 22, and many more who were not part of the signed document will continue to raise our issues to strengthen the Congress and where we want the party to go and be the grand old party it was,” PTI quoted Sibal as saying in an interview.
The Congress chief additional stated hypothetically if his celebration thinks of him as “dead wood” or of no utility than he might consider leaving, however would by no means be part of the BJP whereas asserting that such a change may solely occur “over my dead body”.
“And if they tell me at any point in time that they don’t need me, I will decide what to do, but as I said I will not join the BJP…over my dead body,” he stated.
The Congress chief additionally threw mild on the defections to the BJP within the run as much as the West Bengal Assembly polls.
“From Aaya Ram Gaya Ram we are into ‘prasada (personal gain) politics. We saw this happening recently in West Bengal where en-masse people left the TMC and joined the BJP in the hope that they will contest on a BJP ticket and win because Amit Shah was claiming 200 plus for the BJP,” stated Sibal.
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“When they faced defeat, they all want to go back to the TMC,” he added.
Sibal had earlier in a tweet stated the query is will Jitin Prasada get “prasada” from the BJP or is he only a ‘catch’ for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
“Jitin Prasada Joins BJP. The question is will he get “prasada” from BJP or is he only a ‘catch’ for UP elections? In such offers if ‘ideology’ doesn’t matter changeover is simple,” he posted.
