Nitish Kumar Proposed Rahul Gandhi’s Identify For INDIA Chairperson, He Declined: Sources

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Saturday’s assembly was held to debate seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls.

New Delhi:

Giving an unique look into what occurred on the digital assembly of the INDIA alliance on Saturday, prime sources have instructed NDTV that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had initially proposed the identify of Rahul Gandhi as chairperson of the bloc, however the Congress chief declined.  

And, when his personal identify was proposed for the put up of convenor, Mr Kumar stated his colleague from Bihar, Lalu Yadav, could be a more sensible choice as a result of he’s extra senior. The convenor is a separate put up within the alliance, slightly below that of the chairperson.

The sources stated that when the dialogue on the chairperson for the 28-party alliance started, the Janata Dal (United) chief proposed the identify of Mr Gandhi, who declined, saying he was working on the grassroots stage and his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra would additionally start on Sunday. The Congress chief proposed social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s identify for the alliance’s prime job, which was endorsed by Sonia Gandhi.

“The proposal was backed by a number of different events and Mr Kharge’s identify is sort of finalised for the put up,” stated a supply.

Mamata Banerjee’s Objections?

CPM Common Secretary Sitaram Yechury then proposed Nitish Kumar’s identify for the put up of convenor, which the Bihar chief minister was reportedly upset about not getting. 

The sources stated Mr Kumar, nevertheless, didn’t seem very and stated RJD chief Lalu Yadav could be a greater choose. When Mr Yadav stated no, Rahul Gandhi introduced up Mr Kumar’s identify once more and – on discovering help from another events – identified that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had some objections and discussions could be wanted. 

Refusing to disclose what the objections had been, the sources stated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and a few Congress leaders have been deputed to talk to Ms Banerjee – who didn’t attend the assembly – to resolve the difficulty. Aside from the Trinamool Congress chief, different key allies like Samajwadi Get together President Akhilesh Yadav and Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv Sena (UBT) additionally gave the digital gathering a miss. 

Focus On Unity

Saturday’s assembly was held to debate seat-sharing for the all-important Lok Sabha polls and, whereas not a lot progress was reportedly made on the difficulty, the events harassed on guaranteeing unity on the nationwide stage and never letting rifts on the state stage derail their agenda of defeating the BJP. 

In a put up on X, Mr Kharge stated seat-sharing discussions are progressing “in a constructive method” and that he and Rahul Gandhi had invited all INDIA events to hitch the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. 

“Leaders of INDIA Coordination Commitee at the moment met on-line and had a fruitful dialogue on the alliance.  Everyone seems to be joyful that the seat sharing talks are progressing in a constructive method.  We additionally mentioned about joint packages within the coming days by INDIA Events,” the Congress chief wrote. 

“I, together with @RahulGandhi  ji invited all INDIA Events to hitch ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ at their comfort and use the chance to lift the social, political and financial points plaguing frequent folks of this nation,” he added.

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