Rahul Gandhi’s magic spell will work within the subsequent elections: TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha

By PTI

KOLKATA: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has proved his management talents by the Bharat Jodo Yatra, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha stated.

In an interview to PTI, Sinha stated Gandhi’s 3,570-km-long march that started in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu will assist the Congress double its tally within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress received 52 seats in 2019 elections.

“Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting a very good response. Rahul Gandhi’s charisma has started working, and he is getting an excellent response from the people. I feel that Gandhi’s yatra will help double the tally of the Congress in Parliament in the next Lok Sabha polls,” he stated.

“This is a ‘yatra’ in a true sense as Gandhi is walking unlike ‘Rath yatras’ by BJP leaders. Lakhs of people are coming out in his support. He has proved his leadership qualities. People have accepted him as a leader. And, those who made fun of him as ‘Pappu’ and didn’t take him seriously have been proved wrong,” Sinha added.

The actor-turned-politician received the Asansol Lok Sabha seat on Trinamool Congress ticket in a bypoll in April this yr.

Before preventing the election on a TMC ticket, he had converted to the Congress from the BJP in 2019.

“BJP leaders are making fun of Gandhi, but let them also conduct a similar yatra on foot if they have the fire in their belly. The magic spell of Rahul Gandhi will work in the next elections, I feel and I want it to happen,” Sinha stated.

Speaking on the Gujarat elections, the TMC chief stated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would both emerge because the “kingmaker or the king” himself.

“In Gujarat, Kejriwal will either emerge as the king or the kingmaker. There is a churning in the saffron camp in Gujarat. The BJP cannot milk Hindutva or the Ram Mandir issue every time. Kejriwal has played a masterstroke through his demand of photos of Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes,” he stated.

Last week, Kejriwal appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to print photos of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi on foreign money notes for the progress of the nation.

“Kejriwal has paid the BJP back with the same coin. The BJP used to act as if they were the master of the ‘Hindutva school of politics’ but Kejriwal is now the headmaster of that school. The BJP can neither swallow it nor discard it,” Sinha stated.

Claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will probably be a “game-changer” within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sinha hoped that the relation between the TMC and the Congress would enhance.

“There is no last word in politics. Today, the relations are not good doesn’t mean it won’t improve tomorrow. I personally feel that if major opposition parties come together, the political situation of the country will be completely different,” he stated.

On the face of the opposition for the 2024 elections, Sinha stated that the individuals of the nation will select the precise chief.

“This question that who will be next (prime minister) comes up in every election. Once you reach the top politically, it will be decided based on numbers and the mandate. The country never stops, governments keep changing, and new leadership comes up,” he stated.

Sinha, a minister within the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s NDA authorities, asserted that the anti-BJP events are gaining momentum within the states — whether or not it’s Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka.

Sinha additionally targetted the BJP for the “missing” posters that surfaced in Asansol, his constituency, final week.

“Those who are yet to digest the defeat in the bypoll are behind this. I was in my constituency during Durga Puja, and was here till last week. I am spending Chhaath here in Asansol. I have been regularly visiting Asansol and the people of my constituency will vouch for it,” he stated.

KOLKATA: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has proved his management talents by the Bharat Jodo Yatra, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha stated.

In an interview to PTI, Sinha stated Gandhi’s 3,570-km-long march that started in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu will assist the Congress double its tally within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress received 52 seats in 2019 elections.

“Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting a very good response. Rahul Gandhi’s charisma has started working, and he is getting an excellent response from the people. I feel that Gandhi’s yatra will help double the tally of the Congress in Parliament in the next Lok Sabha polls,” he stated.

“This is a ‘yatra’ in a true sense as Gandhi is walking unlike ‘Rath yatras’ by BJP leaders. Lakhs of people are coming out in his support. He has proved his leadership qualities. People have accepted him as a leader. And, those who made fun of him as ‘Pappu’ and didn’t take him seriously have been proved wrong,” Sinha added.

The actor-turned-politician received the Asansol Lok Sabha seat on Trinamool Congress ticket in a bypoll in April this yr.

Before preventing the election on a TMC ticket, he had converted to the Congress from the BJP in 2019.

“BJP leaders are making fun of Gandhi, but let them also conduct a similar yatra on foot if they have the fire in their belly. The magic spell of Rahul Gandhi will work in the next elections, I feel and I want it to happen,” Sinha stated.

Speaking on the Gujarat elections, the TMC chief stated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would both emerge because the “kingmaker or the king” himself.

“In Gujarat, Kejriwal will either emerge as the king or the kingmaker. There is a churning in the saffron camp in Gujarat. The BJP cannot milk Hindutva or the Ram Mandir issue every time. Kejriwal has played a masterstroke through his demand of photos of Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes,” he stated.

Last week, Kejriwal appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to print photos of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi on foreign money notes for the progress of the nation.

“Kejriwal has paid the BJP back with the same coin. The BJP used to act as if they were the master of the ‘Hindutva school of politics’ but Kejriwal is now the headmaster of that school. The BJP can neither swallow it nor discard it,” Sinha stated.

Claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will probably be a “game-changer” within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sinha hoped that the relation between the TMC and the Congress would enhance.

“There is no last word in politics. Today, the relations are not good doesn’t mean it won’t improve tomorrow. I personally feel that if major opposition parties come together, the political situation of the country will be completely different,” he stated.

On the face of the opposition for the 2024 elections, Sinha stated that the individuals of the nation will select the precise chief.

“This question that who will be next (prime minister) comes up in every election. Once you reach the top politically, it will be decided based on numbers and the mandate. The country never stops, governments keep changing, and new leadership comes up,” he stated.

Sinha, a minister within the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s NDA authorities, asserted that the anti-BJP events are gaining momentum within the states — whether or not it’s Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka.

Sinha additionally targetted the BJP for the “missing” posters that surfaced in Asansol, his constituency, final week.

“Those who are yet to digest the defeat in the bypoll are behind this. I was in my constituency during Durga Puja, and was here till last week. I am spending Chhaath here in Asansol. I have been regularly visiting Asansol and the people of my constituency will vouch for it,” he stated.