We need to win election first, says Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on INDIA bloc’s PM choice
When asked about the Congress’ candidates for the Amethi and Rae Bareli seats, the Rajya Sabha MP said the announcement would be made at an appropriate time.
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A decision on the INDIA bloc’s prime ministerial candidate will be taken only after the results of the Lok Sabha elections are declared, said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, PTI reported on Wednesday.
“First we need to win the elections and then depending on what the alliance partners say there [will be] discussions,” Kharge told the news agency in an interview. “Congress party has never been shy about [it], first, we need to win elections.”
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance is a coalition of Opposition parties that is taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the elections.
Kharge told PTI that with the Congress winning the Assembly elections in Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, “things are looking positive and good”.
“Our guarantee schemes have proved that people want programmes and schemes that have benefits like reduction in prices,” he said. “These have caught the eye of the voter.”
The Congress president also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims that the National Democratic Alliance will win more than 400 seats in the general elections. He said this kind of “overconfidence and arrogance is not good for the country and democracy”.
“Luckily, he has not said ‘ab ki baar 600 par’ [this time, it will be above 600 seats],” said Kharge. “This egoistic...
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