Amidst speculation over elevation of Rahul Gandhi to the party’s top post, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday said it will help the Congress vice-president emerge as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Singh has been pitching for long for making Rahul the next party chief insisting that a generational change has to take place, wondering “can you defy the law of natureIJ”
His remarks came close on the heels of reports that the Congress will be coming out soon with a revised schedule for its organisational polls amid signals that the election of the next party chief is going to be delayed beyond September.
Singh, who has been a sharp critic of the controversial land Acquisition Bill, took a dig at the Prime Minister saying he was following “NAMO” policy — No Agriculture, Malgovernance Only.
“While the Prime Minister is busy ‘beating drums’ and ‘playing violin’ from Japan to Monoglia, a grave agrarian crisis of unprecedented scale plagues the farm sector
today,” he said, targeting the one-year rule of Modi Government.
On the issue of tussle between the Delhi l-G and the Chief Minister over transfer and postings of bureaucrats, Singh slammed the Centre over its notification specifying the Delhi lt-Governor’s jurisdiction, and said not allowing the Chief Minister to decide on transfer and postings of officers is to “negate the people’s mandate”.
“Government of India must ensure the right of the CM duly elected by the people should not be curbed if NDA/BJP believes in cooperative federalism,” Singh said.