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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut (File Photo/PTI)
Raut, who walked about 13 km with Gandhi between Hatli Mor and Chandwal amid rain on Friday, said the BJP had spread misconceptions about the Congress leader but the visit had shattered all their myths about him.
Shiv Sen (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday called the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi He deserves to be the prime minister to lead the Bharat Jodo Yatra. India And no Third Front will be successful without the Grand Old Party.
He said Gandhi’s march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was aimed at dispelling hatred and fear and not uniting opposition parties under his party’s banner.
“Apart from ideological and political differences, he (Gandhi) will show his leadership qualities and will be a big challenge (to the ruling BJP in 2024 general elections). He will do miracles.
Raut, who walked about 13 km with Gandhi between Hatli Mor and Chandwal amidst rain on Friday, said the BJP had spread misconceptions about the Congress leader but this yatra had shattered all their myths about him.
“Why not?” He said this when asked whether Gandhi was capable of becoming the Prime Minister of India.
“Not everyone can cover a distance of more than 3,500 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. It needs a lot of determination and love for the country. He has shown his concern for the country and I do not see any politics in this visit.
However, he added that Gandhi himself has been saying that he is not interested in becoming prime minister, but “when people want to see him at the top, he will be left with no choice.”
Rejecting the idea of a Third Front without the Congress, Raut said the oldest party has a lot of weight and presence in every nook and corner of the country. No third front can be successful without Congress, this time its MPs are less but in 2024 the situation is going to change. No front can be successful without Congress and this should be kept in mind. ,
“The main purpose of my visit to Jammu and Kashmir was to join the march led by Gandhi on the instructions of my leader and I had a good experience walking with Gandhi. This is not a political yatra.
Raut, who arrived here on January 19 and visited the protests of Kashmiri Pandit and Dogra workers seeking to be transferred from Kashmir in the past six months after the targeted killings, said he was surprised to find that JK was concerned about the same issues. facing which were discussed. him a decade ago.
Governments have changed and so has politics but whether it is the issue of Kashmiri Pandits, refugees, law and order situation, security concerns of people and terrorism, the questions are still the same, he said. Turn Kashmir back to heaven in the last eight years”.
He said that four years have passed but there is no assembly election, while the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised massive investments, creation of jobs for the unemployed and return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.
On the party’s strategy for the next assembly polls in JK, Raut said his party is open to a grand alliance provided it gets a respectable position. “Otherwise, we will fight the elections alone as JK is full of public issues which are unresolved for years.” He said the BJP under Modi is a big party but “if you see, barring a few states, it is dependent on other parties to stay in power or split its own coalition partners.”
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