New Delhi: A day after Sharad Pawar NCP Emphasizing the need to expand the opposition bloc, the polarized debate over the size and leadership of the anti-BJP coalition intensified, indicating that Trinamool The Congress’s scathing anti-Congress pitch has exposed the flaws that appear to have been papered in recent months.
The fact that the allies NCP and Shiv Shiv Sena Appearing on opposite sides of the discussion, Pawar’s outfit echoed the Trinamool’s line on the need to include “all” non-BJP parties, while the Shiv Sena backed CongressThe primacy in any future initiative made clear the flow that is currently in the opposition bloc.
Opposition leaders from all parties argue that there may be merit in seeking to expand the like-minded bloc. TMCThe “virtually anti-Congress” line, an attempt to get the party to accept leadership, will not be washed away.
“If anyone is uncomfortable with the UPA, a new formation can be made and more parties can be invited. But Congress has to be the bigger player in the group, it still enjoys the support of major regional parties. The Trinamool seems to hate the idea of giving importance to the Congress. It is unlikely to work,” said an opposition leader from a non-Congress party.
The issue of leadership is at the core of the raging controversy started by the Trinamool. While TMC is projecting Mamata as a potential leader, most parties believe that this tumultuous topic should be dropped for 2024.
Interestingly, as NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Tuesday stressed the need to invite more parties to join the opposition bloc and argued that there were more anti-BJP parties outside the UPA, he raised the issue of leadership. refused to touch. Shiv Sena leader too Sanjay Raut, who met Rahul Gandhi and told reporters that he had urged him to lead in opposition unity, dodging the question of who should be at the top of the anti-BJP group.
The anti-Congress line of the Trinamool, even at the risk of playing it alone, has been on full display during the winter session of Parliament. Whereas all opposition parties including NCP and Shiv Sena have been involved in daily strategy meetings to be chaired by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, TMC stayed away.
The fact that the allies NCP and Shiv Shiv Sena Appearing on opposite sides of the discussion, Pawar’s outfit echoed the Trinamool’s line on the need to include “all” non-BJP parties, while the Shiv Sena backed CongressThe primacy in any future initiative made clear the flow that is currently in the opposition bloc.
Opposition leaders from all parties argue that there may be merit in seeking to expand the like-minded bloc. TMCThe “virtually anti-Congress” line, an attempt to get the party to accept leadership, will not be washed away.
“If anyone is uncomfortable with the UPA, a new formation can be made and more parties can be invited. But Congress has to be the bigger player in the group, it still enjoys the support of major regional parties. The Trinamool seems to hate the idea of giving importance to the Congress. It is unlikely to work,” said an opposition leader from a non-Congress party.
The issue of leadership is at the core of the raging controversy started by the Trinamool. While TMC is projecting Mamata as a potential leader, most parties believe that this tumultuous topic should be dropped for 2024.
Interestingly, as NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Tuesday stressed the need to invite more parties to join the opposition bloc and argued that there were more anti-BJP parties outside the UPA, he raised the issue of leadership. refused to touch. Shiv Sena leader too Sanjay Raut, who met Rahul Gandhi and told reporters that he had urged him to lead in opposition unity, dodging the question of who should be at the top of the anti-BJP group.
The anti-Congress line of the Trinamool, even at the risk of playing it alone, has been on full display during the winter session of Parliament. Whereas all opposition parties including NCP and Shiv Sena have been involved in daily strategy meetings to be chaired by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, TMC stayed away.
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