Congress Makes Late Push In Delhi Dangal; This is Why – News18
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The Congress, by its personal admission, would not appear assured of successful seats however hopes to extend its vote proportion in Delhi, the place it has zero MPs and MLAs
The Congress has been weakened or worn out in lots of states like West Bengal, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh when it allowed different gamers or regional events to develop at its price. (File pic/AFP)
The Congress is gearing up for the massive struggle in Delhi. A tad late, many would argue, however with Arvind Kejriwal not letting go of his assaults on the Congress, the grand previous occasion has made up its thoughts to take them on.
Sources say that at a gathering, Rahul Gandhi argued that there was no level in pushing coalition dharma if it got here at the price of the Congress’s “astitva” (existence). The Congress alone was able to taking up the Bharatiya Janata Occasion on the nationwide stage, and if it weakens and provides up on fights, then its stand weakens. Rahul Gandhi mentioned that the Congress can’t be the choice to the BJP or defend the Structure if it loses its presence in states.
The Congress has been weakened or worn out in lots of states like West Bengal, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh when it allowed different gamers or regional events to develop at its price. For instance, in Delhi and Punjab, it’s the Aam Aadmi Occasion that has grown at the price of the Congress. Their vote financial institution is similar, and plenty of within the occasion, like Ajay Maken, really feel that Congress shouldn’t have gone tender on Kejriwal although he was a part of the INDIA bloc.
Many gave suggestions that regardless of a public snubbing of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by Mallikarjun Kharge through the Bengal Lok Sabha polls to assuage Mamata Banerjee, she has not been tender on the Congress. In actual fact, the Trinamool Congress has led this name to make Mamata the face of the India bloc, citing the Congress’s poor ballot efficiency as the rationale why Congress can’t be the pressure to tackle the Modi issue.
This, together with the truth that many allies just like the Samajwadi Occasion, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and TMC supported AAP in Delhi over the Congress, has made the Gandhis really feel that different bloc members haven’t adopted the coalition dharma, so why ought to the Congress alone be anticipated to comply with swimsuit?
So, to stick to its plan to make its presence felt in Delhi, a few steps can be taken. Like Ajay Maken, who was stopped from doing a tell-all exposé on Kejriwal earlier, will now do one. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hit the streets. Rahul is predicted to carry some conferences in Muslim-dominated areas and locations the place Dalits and OBCs are an vital vote financial institution.
Priyanka too is predicted to marketing campaign to seize ladies’s votes.
However will the belated struggle by the Congress assist the BJP or damage Kejriwal? The Congress, by its personal admission, doesn’t appear assured of successful seats however hopes to extend its vote proportion in Delhi, the place it has zero MPs and MLAs. For the Congress, this is able to be a begin. As a senior Congress chief informed News18, “Even when the BJP wins this time, subsequent time we will. However greater than this, defeat of AAP would imply Delhi can have solely two gamers—Congress and BJP—and we can be again within the sport.”
The Congress additionally hopes now that the lack of AAP in Delhi will make it simple for the occasion in Punjab as effectively. Therefore the necessity to make the “dangal” for Delhi a three-cornered struggle.
