PATNA: In A Chat With TOI’s Sheezan Nezami, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President Madan Mohan Jha Says His Party Will Win All 40 Seats within the Lok Sabha Election. Excerpts:
How hopeful is Congress this time of winning more seats in Bihar?
People are politically conscious, more so in Bihar. They have made up their mind to vote for the Grand Alliance and we are going to win all of the 40 seats. The Modi wave has gone. Modi has betrayed the folk. Our manifesto will lend a hand us win as a result of people know that we keep promises, the way we did in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Everyone desires Nyay — the Nyuntam Ayay Yojana scheme — to turn into a reality during which 20% of the poor will get Rs72,000 every year. This is the final war in opposition to poverty in India. We are running for the benefit of the poor and middle-class, not like the saffron birthday celebration which is working for just four to five rich people within the nation.
How exhausting did you have to work to form the Mahagathbandhan? Did you get a fair deal from Lalu Prasad? People say that Lalu used to be controlling the entirety and Congress had to bargain so much.
We have been already in alliance with RJD and different events like RLSP, VIP and HAM(S). All folks have come in combination to work for the folk and defeat Modi. As a long way as seats are involved, everyone had to bargain. Negotiations occur in a family too. Our goal is to defeat Modi. Lalu-ji is a senior chief and has a greater figuring out of Bihar. If Lalu-ji is speaking from enjoy, it cannot be called dictating.
How many seats did you are expecting? Congress used to be earlier claiming at least 12 however you got here right down to nine.
Of direction I would need my birthday celebration to get the maximum seats. But once we sat in combination our motto used to be to defeat Modi, despite the fact that we had to sacrifice some seats.
What is the way forward for Congress? Will it's riding on RJD’s again?
Kal ki baat kal karenge (we will talk about the long term in long term). We are all in combination presently.
What will you are saying about the disaster in Lalu-ji’s family? His elder son Tej Pratap has introduced two candidates.
It is their family subject and it will now not affect the election. I request different political events to not politicize a family subject.
What are Congress’s strengths and weaknesses?
Our strength lies in our chief Rahul Gandhi’s inclusive politics. Right now I don’t see any weakness in Congress.
Do you leave out Lalu-ji?
Definitely. Had he been out of jail, we'd have benefited from his enjoy.
Why is your birthday celebration depending on Priyanka Gandhi when Rahul Gandhi is the birthday celebration president?
Priyanka-ji is an asset to the birthday celebration. Rahul Gandhi has gained in strength after her access into politics. But everyone is working under Rahul-ji — if it is Priyanka-ji or any person else. They are two strong leaders running for a large nation like India.
Priyanka is in control of eastern Uttar Pradesh, which stocks a border with Bihar. Are you calling her right here to campaign?
People and candidates are inquiring for her, however the entirety depends on whether she has the time. But we will without a doubt request her to come back right here and campaign.
RJD believes within the Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) equation. Does Congress share the similar technique?
Congress is an earthly birthday celebration and people of all faith and caste are equivalent earlier than us. Though we had just nine seats, we gave tickets to people of all castes and communities.
Who is the face of the Grand Alliance—Rahul Gandhi or Tejashwi Prasad Yadav?
Rahul Gandhi, after all. It is the Lok Sabha election. In case of the state meeting election, we will see Tejashwi within the lead position. Right now it's Rahul Gandhi versus Narendra Modi.
What do you have to say about the Pulwama assault?
That used to be a tragic incident. Rahul Gandhi had even said he would be supporting the federal government in whatever means imaginable and we're with the jawans.
What do you have to say about the claims of Lalu Prasad in his e-book, ‘Goplaganj to Raisina: My political adventure’, the place he mentions Prashant Kishore meeting him to negotiate for Nitish Kumar’s go back to the Mahagathbandhan?
I have now not learn the e-book yet, however Prashant Kishor had said he had met Lalu-ji several instances. What can also be more original than Prashant Kishor himself admitting it?
How hopeful is Congress this time of winning more seats in Bihar?
People are politically conscious, more so in Bihar. They have made up their mind to vote for the Grand Alliance and we are going to win all of the 40 seats. The Modi wave has gone. Modi has betrayed the folk. Our manifesto will lend a hand us win as a result of people know that we keep promises, the way we did in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Everyone desires Nyay — the Nyuntam Ayay Yojana scheme — to turn into a reality during which 20% of the poor will get Rs72,000 every year. This is the final war in opposition to poverty in India. We are running for the benefit of the poor and middle-class, not like the saffron birthday celebration which is working for just four to five rich people within the nation.
How exhausting did you have to work to form the Mahagathbandhan? Did you get a fair deal from Lalu Prasad? People say that Lalu used to be controlling the entirety and Congress had to bargain so much.
We have been already in alliance with RJD and different events like RLSP, VIP and HAM(S). All folks have come in combination to work for the folk and defeat Modi. As a long way as seats are involved, everyone had to bargain. Negotiations occur in a family too. Our goal is to defeat Modi. Lalu-ji is a senior chief and has a greater figuring out of Bihar. If Lalu-ji is speaking from enjoy, it cannot be called dictating.
How many seats did you are expecting? Congress used to be earlier claiming at least 12 however you got here right down to nine.
Of direction I would need my birthday celebration to get the maximum seats. But once we sat in combination our motto used to be to defeat Modi, despite the fact that we had to sacrifice some seats.
What is the way forward for Congress? Will it's riding on RJD’s again?
Kal ki baat kal karenge (we will talk about the long term in long term). We are all in combination presently.
What will you are saying about the disaster in Lalu-ji’s family? His elder son Tej Pratap has introduced two candidates.
It is their family subject and it will now not affect the election. I request different political events to not politicize a family subject.
What are Congress’s strengths and weaknesses?
Our strength lies in our chief Rahul Gandhi’s inclusive politics. Right now I don’t see any weakness in Congress.
Do you leave out Lalu-ji?
Definitely. Had he been out of jail, we'd have benefited from his enjoy.
Why is your birthday celebration depending on Priyanka Gandhi when Rahul Gandhi is the birthday celebration president?
Priyanka-ji is an asset to the birthday celebration. Rahul Gandhi has gained in strength after her access into politics. But everyone is working under Rahul-ji — if it is Priyanka-ji or any person else. They are two strong leaders running for a large nation like India.
Priyanka is in control of eastern Uttar Pradesh, which stocks a border with Bihar. Are you calling her right here to campaign?
People and candidates are inquiring for her, however the entirety depends on whether she has the time. But we will without a doubt request her to come back right here and campaign.
RJD believes within the Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) equation. Does Congress share the similar technique?
Congress is an earthly birthday celebration and people of all faith and caste are equivalent earlier than us. Though we had just nine seats, we gave tickets to people of all castes and communities.
Who is the face of the Grand Alliance—Rahul Gandhi or Tejashwi Prasad Yadav?
Rahul Gandhi, after all. It is the Lok Sabha election. In case of the state meeting election, we will see Tejashwi within the lead position. Right now it's Rahul Gandhi versus Narendra Modi.
What do you have to say about the Pulwama assault?
That used to be a tragic incident. Rahul Gandhi had even said he would be supporting the federal government in whatever means imaginable and we're with the jawans.
What do you have to say about the claims of Lalu Prasad in his e-book, ‘Goplaganj to Raisina: My political adventure’, the place he mentions Prashant Kishore meeting him to negotiate for Nitish Kumar’s go back to the Mahagathbandhan?
I have now not learn the e-book yet, however Prashant Kishor had said he had met Lalu-ji several instances. What can also be more original than Prashant Kishor himself admitting it?
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