RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav’s suggestion to the Congress that it should concentrate on 200-odd Parliamentary seats on which it’s in direct combat with the saffron get together appears to have put the alliance between the 2 events in Bihar below stress.
Yadav, in a latest interview to information company PTI, advised that the Congress should concentrate on 200-odd parliamentary seats during which it’s in direct battle with the BJP whereas taking a “backseat” in states the place regional events are dominant gamers.
This appears to have strained the connection between the RJD and the Congress, amid the latter’s lowering vote share within the state. The two events have been in alliance since 2000, barring the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
On Tuesday, the Congress and RJD sparred on social media with Congress’ nationwide convenor, social media division, Sardar Patel telling Yadav: “Congress doesn’t need your advice, keep your advice to yourself”.
Reacting to Patel’s tweet, RJD’s social media convenor Aakash mentioned, “Yes, that’s right! The Congress is so capable of thinking what it should do that it is fighting war against NOTA in the elections.”
“This arrogance has brought it to even less than NOTA,” he mentioned, apparently referring to the Congress’ crushing defeat within the recently-held Bochaha meeting bypoll that was received by the RJD.
“Do you have even 1 per cent ability to decide something on Bihar or on this issue or are you sharing knowledge unnecessarily,” the RJD chief requested.
The ballot information, quoted by The Indian Express, exhibits that the Congress’ vote share in Bihar has been constantly declining for the reason that 2020 Assembly elections, when it managed to win solely 19 seats out of the 70 seats it contested even because the RJD emerged as the one largest get together by bagging 75 out of 144 seats it contested.
Lately, a number of RJD leaders have held the Congress accountable for their get together stopping wanting a majority within the polls.
Last yr, the rife between the 2 alliance companions was left broad open in public after the RJD rejected Congress’ set-sharing supply through the bypolls to the Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Assembly seats.
“Why should we give the seat to Congress? So that they would lose? So they would lose their deposit?” RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav had then mentioned. The rift was, nevertheless, resolved to some extent then after Congress president Sonia Gandhi dialled Lalu to investigate about this well being.
However, the RJD had then completed a detailed second in each the seats, behind the Janata Dal (United), with the Congress candidates unable to ballot even 5 per cent votes in every constituency. The grand outdated get together’s dropping streak continues in 2022, with its candidate failing to garner even one per cent vote within the Bochachan Assembly seat bypoll, during which the RJD received.
The RJD misplaced its standing of single largest get together in March this yr after three MLAs of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), led by Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani, jumped ship to the BJP making it the one largest get together within the state.
With the three VIP MLAs becoming a member of the BJP, saffron get together’s tally within the state meeting has risen to 77 from the prevailing 74. It has now turn out to be the one largest get together, overtaking the RJD, which has 75 MLAs. The JD(U) has 45 MLAs, the Congress 19 and the Lefts events have 15 MLAs.
Yadav on Monday had referred to as for firming up of an Opposition alliance to tackle the BJP within the 2024 normal elections, suggesting that the Congress should concentrate on over 200 seats on which it’s in direct combat with the saffron get together, whereas taking a “backseat” in states the place regional events are a formidable power.
Asked whether it is excessive time that an alliance to tackle the BJP in 2024 takes form and whether or not the Congress needs to be its essential pillar, Yadav instructed PTI that since 2019 June, he has been saying that the Congress is in direct combat with the BJP on greater than 200 seats and should concentrate on these to make sure that it wins at the very least 50 per cent of them.
“I have always opined that for a broader and united alliance at the national level, the Congress should be pragmatic and take a backseat in those states where regional parties are a formidable force and have a better chance of winning against the BJP,” he had mentioned.
A broadly accommodative platform with a dedication from events that their politics shall be guided by the ‘preamble’ of the Constitution and nothing else, needs to be developed, Yadav had mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”