Hours after BSP chief Mayawati announced that she would not contest the Lok Sabha polls but indicated that she could still be in the running for the prime minister's post, the Congress on Wednesday said the government would be formed under its leadership and the parties with which there were differences now, would be with it.
"As far as the question of contesting or not contesting elections of a person is concerned, I think that it is their decision. She is in a different party and is the leader, we would not like to comment on that," Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said when asked about Mayawati's announcement.
Asked if she would still be in the race for the prime minister's post, Surjewala said, "Have faith, the government will be formed in 2019 under the leadership of the Congress, and many of the parties, with whom you think we have differences, we will bring them together."
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