Rahul Gandhi's offer to resign suicidal for Congress as well as Opposition: Lalu Prasad

By DAYANAND MOHITE | published: May 28, 2019 03:49 PM 2019-02-12T14:15:30+5:30

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Amid talks over Rahul Gandhi offering to step down as Congress President, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said that such a decision will be suicidal not just for his own party but also the opposition. "Rahul’s offer to resign suicidal. Opposition parties had the common goal to dislodge BJP but failed to build a national narrative. The result in a particular election can never alter the reality in as diverse and plural a country as India," he tweeted.

Lalu Prasad who was imprisoned at the Birsa Munda Central Jail has been admitted at a hospital in Ranchi for treatment over to his ill health. He was sent to jail following his conviction with a fodder scam case. He made the political observation on Tuesday while speaking to an English daily.

He added that the Opposition parties made a grave mistake by not projecting Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate. He said that the parties should have bargained for seats but there should have been someone with a national perspective should have been the PM candidate.

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