New Delhi: After a few days Mamata Banerjeeof “no” UPA“Jeebe, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel Attacking the TMC chief on Sunday, she said she should clarify whether she wants to make TMC the main opposition party by fighting those in power or fighting fellow opposition parties.
he didn’t even say opposition coalition is possible at the national level without Congress Which should be the main pillar of the block which takes on the BJP.
In an interview with PTI, Baghel said the decision on who would be the face of the opposition would be against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2024 general election will be taken up collectively by the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), headed by Sonia Gandhi,
His remarks come days after West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee took a dig at the Congress leadership and said “there is no UPA” after meeting NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai.
On Banerjee’s remarks, Baghel said, “I would like to tell Mamata Banerjee that you want to be the main opposition party, it is a very good thing. If you want to go ahead with a plan, haunting a dream, it will be welcome.” But the question is whether you want to become the main opposition party by fighting those in power or fighting fellow opposition parties.”
Asked whether he thinks there is a collusion between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, Baghel said Banerjee should clarify as after meeting Pawar, she said “there is no UPA” but her meeting with Prime Minister Modi Nothing came out after that. And later he attacked the Congress.
“Why the discussion he had with the Prime Minister did not come out in the open,” he said.
When TMC suddenly entered the election fray, someone polling states Like Goa, Baghel said it seems he wants to help the BJP in those states.
“They have nothing in Goa, but they want to fight. That’s why they want to divide the votes of the opposition.
Baghel also targeted the election strategist Prashant Kishor For his remarks that the space represented by the Congress was important but that its leadership is not a “divine right of a person”, there is a clear take on Rahul Gandhi.
Baghel said, “Prashant Kishor works for money, whether he works for BJP, Congress, TMC or JD(U) campaigning. He is a professional man, so he should say who he is right now. working for.”
The Chhattisgarh CM said that Kishor is not associated with any political party that he will comment like him, so he should clarify whether he is working for BJP or Mamata Banerjee.
“(Narendra) Modi ji, (Amit) Shah ji talked about Congress-mukt Bharat, they could not do that. Now, has Prashant Kishor captured that job,” he asked.
Asked whether an alliance against the BJP is possible without the Congress at the national level, Baghel said today it does not seem possible.
Asked whether Congress will be the main pillar of the opposition alliance at the national level, the Chhattisgarh CM said, “Congress will be (main pillar), it is straight talk.”
“From Kashmir to Kerala, Congress has a presence. Other opposition parties don’t have that kind of presence.
Asked whether Rahul Gandhi should be the face of the opposition faction to take on PM Modi in 2024, Baghel said he is “too small a person” to decide on such matters and not comment on all such issues. are not authorized by the party.
However, he said, “Many parties include the UPA, which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, and all parties together will decide on the issue.”
Baghel said that there is only one leader in the whole country who is giving competition to the central government and the BJP and that is Rahul Gandhi.
He said the BJP is “standing” with Rahul Gandhi, so it is possible that they are “targeting him through these people (TMC, Kishor and other critics).”
With the poaching of leaders of the Mamata Banerjee-led party in several states in recent times, the distance between the TMC and the Congress has been widening.
Both the parties have distanced themselves from the TMC after not attending the opposition meetings called by the Congress for opposition unity in Parliament.
Baghel is a senior observer of Congress Uttar Pradesh Elections, also said that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is going out because “everyone is angry with him and he has no achievements”.
Asked whether the Congress would be the main challenger to the BSP in Uttar Pradesh, Baghel slammed both the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for claiming that the Congress would do well.
“BSP is nowhere. Mayawati ji has not come out. Akhilesh ji is now nearing elections and is nowhere to be seen in the last four and a half years. Congress is winning. We are aiming to do well and have a good result. Get it,” he insisted.
he didn’t even say opposition coalition is possible at the national level without Congress Which should be the main pillar of the block which takes on the BJP.
In an interview with PTI, Baghel said the decision on who would be the face of the opposition would be against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2024 general election will be taken up collectively by the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), headed by Sonia Gandhi,
His remarks come days after West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee took a dig at the Congress leadership and said “there is no UPA” after meeting NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai.
On Banerjee’s remarks, Baghel said, “I would like to tell Mamata Banerjee that you want to be the main opposition party, it is a very good thing. If you want to go ahead with a plan, haunting a dream, it will be welcome.” But the question is whether you want to become the main opposition party by fighting those in power or fighting fellow opposition parties.”
Asked whether he thinks there is a collusion between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, Baghel said Banerjee should clarify as after meeting Pawar, she said “there is no UPA” but her meeting with Prime Minister Modi Nothing came out after that. And later he attacked the Congress.
“Why the discussion he had with the Prime Minister did not come out in the open,” he said.
When TMC suddenly entered the election fray, someone polling states Like Goa, Baghel said it seems he wants to help the BJP in those states.
“They have nothing in Goa, but they want to fight. That’s why they want to divide the votes of the opposition.
Baghel also targeted the election strategist Prashant Kishor For his remarks that the space represented by the Congress was important but that its leadership is not a “divine right of a person”, there is a clear take on Rahul Gandhi.
Baghel said, “Prashant Kishor works for money, whether he works for BJP, Congress, TMC or JD(U) campaigning. He is a professional man, so he should say who he is right now. working for.”
The Chhattisgarh CM said that Kishor is not associated with any political party that he will comment like him, so he should clarify whether he is working for BJP or Mamata Banerjee.
“(Narendra) Modi ji, (Amit) Shah ji talked about Congress-mukt Bharat, they could not do that. Now, has Prashant Kishor captured that job,” he asked.
Asked whether an alliance against the BJP is possible without the Congress at the national level, Baghel said today it does not seem possible.
Asked whether Congress will be the main pillar of the opposition alliance at the national level, the Chhattisgarh CM said, “Congress will be (main pillar), it is straight talk.”
“From Kashmir to Kerala, Congress has a presence. Other opposition parties don’t have that kind of presence.
Asked whether Rahul Gandhi should be the face of the opposition faction to take on PM Modi in 2024, Baghel said he is “too small a person” to decide on such matters and not comment on all such issues. are not authorized by the party.
However, he said, “Many parties include the UPA, which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, and all parties together will decide on the issue.”
Baghel said that there is only one leader in the whole country who is giving competition to the central government and the BJP and that is Rahul Gandhi.
He said the BJP is “standing” with Rahul Gandhi, so it is possible that they are “targeting him through these people (TMC, Kishor and other critics).”
With the poaching of leaders of the Mamata Banerjee-led party in several states in recent times, the distance between the TMC and the Congress has been widening.
Both the parties have distanced themselves from the TMC after not attending the opposition meetings called by the Congress for opposition unity in Parliament.
Baghel is a senior observer of Congress Uttar Pradesh Elections, also said that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is going out because “everyone is angry with him and he has no achievements”.
Asked whether the Congress would be the main challenger to the BSP in Uttar Pradesh, Baghel slammed both the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for claiming that the Congress would do well.
“BSP is nowhere. Mayawati ji has not come out. Akhilesh ji is now nearing elections and is nowhere to be seen in the last four and a half years. Congress is winning. We are aiming to do well and have a good result. Get it,” he insisted.
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