Uttar Pradesh Minister Jitin Prasada, who had give up the Congress to affix BJP final 12 months within the run-up to the state meeting elections, determined to pay Kapil Sibal again in his personal coin simply after the senior chief introduced on Thursday that he had give up the Congress.
Once an in depth aide to Rahul Gandhi and key Brahmin face of the Congress in UP, Prasada’s resolution to go away the half drew sharp criticism from Kapil Sibal a 12 months again. After Prasada parted methods with Congress, Sibal had taken a dig that even concerned a wordplay on his title.
“Jitin Prasada joins BJP. The question is will he get ‘prasada’ from BJP or is he just a ‘catch’ for UP elections? In such deals if ‘ideology’ doesn’t matter changeover is easy,” Sibal, 73, had tweeted.
A 12 months later, it was Prasada’s flip to pay again when Sibal introduced whereas submitting his nomination paper from the Rajya Sabha that he might be contesting as an unbiased candidate with the assist of Samajwadi Party.
“How’s the ‘Prasad’ Mr Sibal,” Prasada tweeted, replying to the outdated tweet by Sibal.
After submitting the nomination in presence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Sibal, whereas thanking Akhilesh, mentioned, “I have filed my papers as an independent candidate. It is important to be an independent voice in parliament. If an independent voice speaks up then people will believe it is not linked to any political party.”
“We are all constrained by the fact that we are members of parties and have to abide by the discipline of that party but it is important to have an independent voice,” the previous Union minister additional added.
“We want to form a coalition and oppose the Modi government. We want to create an atmosphere in which we can oppose the BJP. I will personally work towards that,” he mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”