In a major embarrassment to the opposition Congress ahead of the local bodies’ elections, senior leader Aslam Sher Khan on Thursday appealed to his senior colleagues from the State including Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia to step down from active politics and hand over their reins to minorities and backward section in order to save the party from another embarrassment after the crushing defeat in Assembly and lok Sabha polls.
While talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Khan said, “I have stated earlier also that the above top three leaders should unite in real sense and come forward to hand over party’s reins to second line leadership which belongs to backwards, weaker sections and minorities.”
He said that through media he would like to appeal to the big leaders that after losing the Assembly and lok Sabha polls an opportunity has again arrived in the form of local body elections to save the party for the last time by uniting in the real sense.
To a query, he said the results of recent by-polls in the country had given a clear message that with the participation of backwards, weaker sections and minorities, Congress can be revived and move forward.
These by-poll results have also indicated that the era of princely States and that of capitalists is over now, Aslam said.
Besides, the outcome also made it clear that BJP will not be able to wipe out secularism from the country, he said and added that though the reins of Congress in Madhya Pradesh was in the hands of backward class leader Arun Yadav, the central leadership should lend more power to him in order to strengthen the party in the State.
“The result of recent by-elections in Rajasthan and Gujarat depict that the Congress could make a comeback in Madhya Pradesh. However, the Congress’ face in the State is that of royals and capitalists,” Khan added.