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Senior Congress leader S Jaipal Reddy has been rehabilitated as a party spokesperson. Speaking at his first press conference on Tuesday, Reddy said his would be an occasional presence as he needed to prepare for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Drawing a distinction between former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Bharatiya Janata Party’s current leadership, Reddy said Vajpayee was a persuader not a crusader. He said that in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers, “lightweights” like Nirmala Sitharaman (defence minister) had been elevated while heavyweights like M M Joshi were eliminated and middleweights marginalised.
Beyond the party line
