Joint campaign for LS polls not in Cong plan

  • | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

With the election notification to Lok Sabha expected in 15 to 20 days, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is girding up its loins. Lok Sabha elections are a different ball game. It’s a contest between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. AICC general secretary in charge of Telangana RC Khuntia on Wednesday exuded confidence of Congress coming up trumps in Telangana.Victories and defeats in elections are not new to Congress. Of course, we will submit the opinion of Telangana Congress leaders and cadre on the issue to the party leadership.Our strategy is that we will not be taking up a joint campaign with any political party in the LS polls.

With the election notification to Lok Sabha expected in 15 to 20 days, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is girding up its loins. AICC general secretary in charge of Telangana RC Khuntia on Wednesday exuded confidence of Congress coming up trumps in Telangana.Victories and defeats in elections are not new to Congress. Lok Sabha elections are a different ball game. It’s a contest between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Though local issues will be there, focus will be on national issues.Rahul Gandhi will take a decision on the alliance. Of course, we will submit the opinion of Telangana Congress leaders and cadre on the issue to the party leadership.Our strategy is that we will not be taking up a joint campaign with any political party in the LS polls. Apart from Rahul Gandhi addressing public meetings, we are requesting Priyanka Gandhi to come here.As on date, I can tell you that the alliance that was formed during the assembly polls is very much there. Yes, there is pressure on us from party leaders that we should contest all the 17 LS seats.The delay in seat-sharing among the alliance partners was one of the reasons for the defeat of Congress candidates in addition to misuse of official machinery, money power and lakhs of voters’ names being deleted and alleged EVM tampering. Our effort is to finalise the candidates for LS by month-end or first week of March and send the list to the AICC.Several parameters are being taken into consideration before finalising a candidate and winning prospects will definitely be on top of the list. The leadership will take a final decision. However, many heavyweights who lost the assembly polls have not applied for LS tickets.

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