It extended beyond TV debates and social media. Gandhi, with his shaggy grey beard, has once been compared to the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, according to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
In response, the Congress said Sarma sounded like a troll. As the Assam leg of Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra approaches, it is becoming more apparent that the erstwhile party colleagues are furious towards one another.
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Both appear to have been overpowered by their own egos. Gandhi referred to Sarma as the most dishonest chief minister in the nation. Sarma joined the BJP in 2015 and is credited with the party’s quick growth in the area.
The former head of the Congress has been charged with inciting the mob during a Guwahati function. He has been threatened with arrest by Sarma following the Lok Sabha elections.
The Manipur-Mumbai Yatra, the Congress’s final significant public outreach campaign before the elections, aims to cover 100 Lok Sabha seats by the time it concludes on March 20. It was wise to begin in Manipur, a region rife with violence.
Maybe the slugfest drowned out Assam’s word. Gandhi’s march into West Bengal is met with less overt hostility but a considerably more difficult political road. Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister, has made it apparent that the TMC intends to run alone for each of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats.
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The 28-party INDIA bloc’s ambitions for seat sharing have been derailed by this. Gandhi’s yatra is certain to be eclipsed by Mamata’s firm stance against the Congress.
Political alignments require careful cultivation, and part of it involves adopting a stern posture. Gandhi’s ability to negotiate and mediate is put to the test. At the moment, “INDIA jodo” is the main task.
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