On failing to join SP-BSP alliance, Anand Sharma says ‘can’t kill Congress in Uttar Pradesh’
Anand Sharma.
While talking about the challenge of catching up with the “well-funded” Bhartiya Janata Party’s digital campaign, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma accused the Centre of deflecting discussion on real issues and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “clueless” on terror and Pakistan.
Talking to reporters, on Sunday, Sharma said, “the Congress won’t cede seats to opposition parties in states where there is a direct contest with the BJP.”
On a question of fighting among opposition parties, Sharma said, “UP is a large state. We respect the decision of the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, but we cannot euthanize ourselves. There is always hope for revival. We cannot kill the Congress. Somebody gives us two seats and should we be happy and say you take 78 seats? We are not comfortable with that.”
He added, “All opposition parties are of one view, that post-poll coalition among all these parties is definitely on. I am very optimistic that people of India have maturity and wisdom. 2019 will be different from 2014. There is no way, no matter what Modi and Amit Shah do, that they can repeat 2014. That is a firm, firm no.”
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