BJP can’t claim to be a national party: Natarajan
The troubles in the NDA provided the Congress yet another opportunity to claim that it was better suited to run a coalition. On Monday, the Congress said that it is now the only “national and viable alternative” after the NDA meltdown.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: The troubles in the NDA provided the Congress yet another opportunity to claim that it was better suited to run a coalition. On Monday, the Congress said that it is now the only ���national and viable alternative��� after the NDA meltdown.
The Congress, which attempted to underplay the efforts of leaders like Prakash Karat to cobble together a Third Front, said the political situation was leading to a ���unipolar polity���. Flaunting the airs of a winner, the Congress said its performance in the Lok Sabha elections will be ���exceptionally��� good.
Party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said that with a ���trusted and among the oldest��� ally (BJD) of the NDA walking out, the BJP-led coalition was floundering. In such a situation, the spokesperson said, the alliance that her party leads has emerged as the ���natural alliance for governance���.
Eschewing political niceties, the Congress described the challenge posed at the hustings by regional and smaller parties as limited to ���pockets���. The party reiterated its contention that at the national level, the Congress was the only option. ���While the party will have to contend with contest from various parties in pockets of the country, we don't have a serious rival at the national level. The NDA has lost all credibility to be called a national party,��� said Ms Natarajan.
As it gloated over the BJP-led coalition's misfortune, the Congress sought to present its own precarious relationship with the Samajwadi Party as par for course. ���Tough stance, negotiations and talk in elec-tion time is natural. Every party is entitled to attempt to further their interests... in terms of concrete facts, the Samajwadi Party has not quit the UPA,���
Ms Natarajan said. Notwithstanding its own sniping allies - Samajwadi Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Lok Janshakti Party - all of whom seemed to be seeking to give the Congress the role of a junior partner, the Congress held that over the last five years it has perfected the ���art of coalition���.
The Congress, which attempted to underplay the efforts of leaders like Prakash Karat to cobble together a Third Front, said the political situation was leading to a ���unipolar polity���. Flaunting the airs of a winner, the Congress said its performance in the Lok Sabha elections will be ���exceptionally��� good.
Party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said that with a ���trusted and among the oldest��� ally (BJD) of the NDA walking out, the BJP-led coalition was floundering. In such a situation, the spokesperson said, the alliance that her party leads has emerged as the ���natural alliance for governance���.
Eschewing political niceties, the Congress described the challenge posed at the hustings by regional and smaller parties as limited to ���pockets���. The party reiterated its contention that at the national level, the Congress was the only option. ���While the party will have to contend with contest from various parties in pockets of the country, we don't have a serious rival at the national level. The NDA has lost all credibility to be called a national party,��� said Ms Natarajan.
As it gloated over the BJP-led coalition's misfortune, the Congress sought to present its own precarious relationship with the Samajwadi Party as par for course. ���Tough stance, negotiations and talk in elec-tion time is natural. Every party is entitled to attempt to further their interests... in terms of concrete facts, the Samajwadi Party has not quit the UPA,���
Ms Natarajan said. Notwithstanding its own sniping allies - Samajwadi Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Lok Janshakti Party - all of whom seemed to be seeking to give the Congress the role of a junior partner, the Congress held that over the last five years it has perfected the ���art of coalition���.
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