Misperception being created that Opposition is unwilling to unite under Rahul Gandhi, says Sanjay Raut
The Hindu
‘Despite its sagging fortunes, one cannot say the Congress is finished,’ says Shiv Sena MP
The perception that the non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Opposition parties were unwilling to unite under Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's leadership, thereby leaving the political field wide open for the BJP was not true, asserted Shiv Sena MP and chief spokesman Sanjay Raut.
His remarks, made in his column ‘Rokhthok’ in the Sena's mouthpiece Saamna on December 12, reinforced the Sena’s growing affinity to the Congress which has been increasing since the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. The Sena leader spoke about his recent back-to-back meetings with Mr. Gandhi and with his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra in Delhi.
Mr. Raut further said that despite West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s criticism of Mr. Gandhi and the Congress wishing to create an opposition without the Congress, Mr. Gandhi had told him that he would refrain from criticising the West Bengal CM.
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