‘India’ alliance will select PM within 48 hours, what else did the Congress General Secretary say

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday that the All India Alliance will get a clear and decisive mandate in this Lok Sabha election and the Prime Minister will be selected within 48 hours of the results. In an interview on the last day of campaigning before the seventh and final phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections, Jairam Ramesh also said that the party in the opposition alliance that gets the most seats will be the natural contender for the leadership of the next government. he/she also said that after getting the majority, some NDA allies may also join. However, the Congress high command will have to decide whether to include them in the alliance or not.

Asked if the doors of the ‘India’ alliance will be open for BJP allies like Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu after the elections, the Congress leader said, “Nitish Kumar is a master of flip-flops. Chandrababu Naidu was with the Congress in 2019. All I will say is that when the constituents of the India Janabandhan get the mandate, some constituents of the NDA may also join the India alliance.”

Along with this, he/she stressed that the Congress high command, Kharge, Sonia and Rahul will have to take a decision. he/she said, there is a difference of only two words between India alliance and NDA. NDA will survive if two I’s are removed from India. These two I’s mean humanity and honesty. The parties which have humanity and honesty are included in the India alliance.

he/she said that after getting the mandate from the people, the coalition government will not be authoritarian but will be authoritarian. On the question related to the ground situation after six phases of voting in the Lok Sabha elections, Ramesh said that there was no wave in favor of BJP in this election, there was only the poison of the outgoing Prime Minister.

According to him/her, history will repeat itself after 20 years and the opposition alliance will get a clear and decisive mandate. Ramesh said, I do not want to talk about numbers, but I am just saying that we will get a decisive majority. 272 ​​is a figure of clear majority but it is not decisive. When I say decisive mandate, I mean a number much above 272 seats.

Ramesh claimed that Congress will make good gains in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telangana and will be in a position of advantage in Maharashtra. he/she said that Congress will also benefit in Uttar Pradesh and BJP will not be able to go beyond its 62 seats of 2019.