After Rahul Gandhi's Attack On Trinamool, Congress Says 'Want Alliance'

Veerappa Moily said the Congress wants to make up with regional heavyweights like Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar and K Chandrashekar Rao.

The Congress's yo-yo on how it hopes to deal with opposition parties ahead of the 2024 elections swayed on the side of conciliation on Friday with a senior leader claiming that it wants to make up with regional heavyweights like Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar and K Chandrashekar Rao.

Just two days after the top leader Rahul Gandhi picked a new fight with the Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, Veerappa Moily, chairperson of the Congress's Political Affairs Committee which deals with alliances, told NDTV that the party wants a partnership with her.

"We will sort out issues and work with Mamata, Nitish Kumar and K Chandrashekar Rao. We need to lead the alliance, and we will work together and ensure all come together. Congress needs to be strengthened and only when we are strong, can we lead," he said.

The statement, which was made on the sidelines of the Congress's three-day mega brainstorming meet in Chhattisgarh's capital city Raipur, flew in the face of one from Rahul Gandhi at an election rally in Meghalaya on Wednesday.