'Happy if she takes more responsibility': Supriya Sule on Mamata Banerjee expressing willingness to lead INDIA bloc
Pune/IBNS: Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark that she is "willing to lead the INDIA alliance," NCP (Sharad Pawar) MP Supriya Sule said that they would be happy if the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief took on more responsibility within the opposition alliance.
Speaking to the news agency ANI, Sule said that the West Bengal Chief Minister is an integral part of the INDIA bloc.
"Mamata Banerjee is absolutely an integral part of the INDIA alliance. In a vibrant democracy, the opposition has a big role and responsibility, so if she wants to take more responsibility, we will be very happy," she told ANI.
This comes after Mamata Banerjee in an interview with a local channel said that if she is entrusted with the responsibility of leading the INDIA alliance she would do so.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also said that Banerjee has projected a successful model in West Bengal where she has kept the BJP away from power.
"She has put forward her statement. Because she has shown a successful model in West Bengal where she has kept the BJP away from power and implemented good welfare schemes... Her election experience and fighting spirit, accordingly she has shared her interest. Whenever the INDIA bloc meeting takes place, our senior leaders will together take a decision," Chaturvedi was quoted as saying by NDTV.
Earlier this week, in response to a query regarding TMC leaders suggested that Mamata Banerjee should be made the INDIA bloc leader days after Congress faced a crushing defeat in Maharashtra assembly polls.
"Mamata Banerjee has a 100 percent record. Whenever Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a humiliating defeat, it was only in West Bengal... Whenever he comes to insult Bengal and its honour, her vote share increases," party MP Kirti Azad said.
He further said that Mamata Banerjee is known for her articulate views. "She is a very senior leader. She speaks clearly."
The emphatic triumph of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra and the impressive showing of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in Jharkhand Assembly election results last month seems to vindicate the observation that the Congress is the weakest link in INDIA.
Earlier, Congress stumbled in the Haryana Assembly elections despite being strongly hopeful of a big victory against the incumbent BJP.
The party went on to blame the Election Commission for its loss in Haryana as the INDIA. alliance members slammed it for less than impressive performance.
In Maharashtra, the Congress fielded candidates in 101 constituencies under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance but won in just 19, projecting an underwhelming strike rate.
Prolonged delays in finalizing seat-sharing arrangements, spanning three to four months, exposed its inefficiency as a lead coalition partner.
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