Press Trust of India / Allahabad Apr 13, 2009, 13:44 IST
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh welcomed Priyanka Gandhi's statement on Rahul Gandhi being qualified to become prime minister, saying the party viewed him as a "future PM".
"We all have been viewing the future PM in him though we do not speculate when that is going to happen", said AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh.
Yesterday, Priyanka while campaigning for Rahul in Amethi had said "I have full faith in my brother... He is, according to me, qualified.... So, one day he will. He will do a good job of it." when asked whether she thought her brother was qualified enough to hold the top post.
He also rebutted the BJP's charge of Manmohan Singh being a "weak" Prime Minister accusing the previous NDA government of being remote-controlled by the RSS.
"The BJP has been trying to create an impression that the UPA government is being controlled by AICC president Sonia Gandhi by calling Manmohan Singh a weak Prime Minister. In fact, it was during the NDA regime that the government was being remote-controlled by the RSS", Singh told reporters here yesterday.
Singh said that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani "was himself eased out of the party president's post, under pressure from the RSS just because of his charitable remarks about Mohammad Ali Jinnah".
Asked how will the erstwhile Congress allies like Mulayam, Lalu and Paswan moving out of the UPA fold impact it, Singh, pointed out "they have all publicly endorsed Manmohan Singh as the prime ministerial candidate".
"Our alliance broke apart prior to the elections just because they did not take the Congress into confidence while deciding how many seats they were planning to fight", he said.
About the Third Front, he said "it is a formation with ideological contradictions and will not last long. Such experiments have taken place in the past and do not deserve to be taken seriously".
On Narendra Modi's "budhiya" and "gudiya" remarks about the Congress, he said, "being the Chief Minister of a state he (Modi) should conduct himself with dignity. It is very unfortunate to see a person holding a high office using such coarse language".
Meanwhile, he alleged a "clandestine agreement" between the ruling BSP and the BJP over the Varun Gandhi issue.
"Undoubtedly, what Varun said deserved to be condemned. But why did the BSP government look the other way while he along with his supporters held Pilibhit to ransom prior to his surrender drama despite an arrest warrant already issued against him," Singh accused.
"It appears that BSP is having a clandestine agreement with the BJP and is helping the saffron party into making a hero out of its misguided young leader," he said.
padmalatha
hello sir, its padmalatha one of the person of telangana area, andhra pradesh state request you to help me and my people in having a seperate state called telengana.
hello sir,
its prashant kr singh
sir,i had joined indian youth congress 20 days before&i have a little
suggestion.
its about for, eligibilty criteria of IYC membership.
is that,i have made aproxx 45 member vid in 20 days&i experienced that many of the people,whose age is more than 35and below than 42yrs.
Are highly interested for membership of iyc.
becoZ its true, india have 70% population of youth now,but
in these 70%only 30%of people use their vote power.
so, main voters belong to above than 35 yrs and
which ar intersted for membership of IYC.
AND MANY OTHER THINGS
A young, energetic, bold and clear-headed Rahul Gandhi is an asset to the congress party where he is being groomed to hold the office of the PM one day. As and when, Rahul Gandhi becomes PM, it will be on merit alone. While there is no end to jealousy and people are free to express their views/opinions as enshrined in our constitution, Rahul Gandhi, being a youth is the fittest for the PM's office. On the contrary, BJP'star candidate for Lok sabha, Varun Gandhi is a young politician in haste. Before making a mark in active politics, Varun Gandhi needs coaching/ grooming by BJP.
Varun is a mature politician he is not a misguided youth he knows that what he is doing,as a result he gets full support from pilibhit and got the powerful national image.If we compare him to Rahul,Rahul is focused by the congress party from very begning but Varun is a self made politician because he is Iconoclast.Both are good but India needs energetic,active and personality like Nehru.Terrorism is a major threat to India but both the party are busy blaming each other which is not a good sign to fight with terrorism.It is the merit of congress that it is the oldest party of India,Narendra Modi being a c.m of Gujrat holding a prime post he should use graceful langauge.So far congress has maintained his track of impertinence.
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