Cong. cannot defeat BJP in Goa on its own: TMC
The Hindu
‘All parties must talk of ‘anti-BJP’ alliance’
Criticising the Congress for sitting on a “high horse” and refusing to awaken to its “depleted strength” in Goa, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) said the need of the hour was for the Opposition parties to come together and try to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
TMC MP and Goa in-charge Mahua Moitra said on Thursday that leaders of the Congress party were not the “emperors of India”. Had the party performed well in Goa, there would have been no need for the TMC to enter the fray, she added.
Ms. Moitra’s statements were a direct riposte to senior Congressman and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s remarks that the electoral battle in Goa was a direct fight between the Congress and the BJP and that the entry of the TMC and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would only serve to fragment the anti-BJP votes.