Congress leader Veerappa Moily said wrong alliance selection led to wipe-out of party in Bengal. (File)
Bengaluru:
Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over ad-hocism in the grand old outfit.
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state, describing him as a weak leader with no grass-root touch .
Mr Moily cited wrong selection of alliance for the wipe-out of the party in the state, where it had aligned with the Left and the Indian Secular Front.
Should have aligned with Trinamool in Bengal elections, says Congress Veerappa Moily
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state.
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BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee s TMC in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over ad- hocism in the grand old outfit.
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state, describing him as a weak leader with no grass-root touch .
BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee s TMC in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over ad-hocism in the grand old outfit.
The former Union minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state, describing him as a weak leader with no grassroots touch .
In an interview to PTI, Moily cited wrong selection of alliance for the wipe-out of the party in the state, where it had aligned with the Left and the Indian Secular Front.
Congress s senior observer in West Bengal BK Hariprasad (left).
With Congress’s in-charge of West Bengal Jitin Prasada contracting COVID-19, the party sent senior leader BK Hariprasad as the senior observer to the state for the ongoing assembly elections. Claiming that the Congress will spring a surprise in the state polls, he defended party’s senior leader Rahul Gandhi for not campaigning in the first four phases of the elections saying it was the state unit of the party’s strategy. He said in case the Samyukta Morcha, which includes the Left, Congress and the Indian Secular Front (ISF), wins the maximum number of seats in a hung assembly, party president Sonia Gandhi will talk to the MLAs and the PCC before taking a call on seeking the support of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) for government formation. Excerpts from the interview: