Team News Riveting
Raipur, December 4
The editorial of two political parties’ mouthpiece on Congress has made a good read over opposition’s unity to take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece “’Saamana” batted for the grand old party, Trinamool Congress’ in-house paper “Jago Bangla” launched a fresh crusade against the Congress that has come under attack from Mamata Banerjee. The Trinamool Chief during her Mumbai visit has said that there was no United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that Congress has been leading.
Attacking Mamata Banerjee, the Saamana on Saturday said keeping the grand old party away from national politics and creating an opposition alliance parallel to the UPA without it is akin to strengthening the ruling BJP and the “fascist” forces.
The editorial said that those who did not want a Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) should make their stand clear publicly, instead of creating confusion by talking behind back.
On Friday, TMC mouthpiece “’Jago Bangla’” lobbed a fresh volley on the grand old party, stating that it has gone into a “deep freezer”.
The Shiv Sena also took a dig at poll strategist Prashant Kishor for his recent tweet that Congress’ leadership is not the “divine right” of an individual, especially when the party has “lost more than 90 per cent elections in last 10 years”.
“Prashant Kishor has made this historic remark that Congress did not have the divine right to lead the opposition. No one had got divine rights. Earlier, the BJP was ridiculed that it was born to permanently sit on the opposition benches, but despite the criticism the party has now scaled new heights,” the editorial said.
