Mukul Sangma and 11 other Congress MLAs joined the Trinamool.
New Delhi:
Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told NDTV on Thursday that the Congress is going into a stoic approach in the electoral battle without a winning campaign, elaborating why he and 11 other MLAs switched to the Trinamool Congress.
Sangma said, “We (Congress) go into electoral battle not to win. It is the ‘chalta hai’ attitude with which we go.” Explaining why the party lost the last state election. He said the Congress has become weak in many states and there is no credible plan for revival.
“Unfortunately, there are many other senior leaders who have tried to talk to the senior leadership in Congress, but to no avail… It is not that Dr. Mukul Sangma has not tried. Dr. Mukul Sangma has tried Have tried after. For the audience [with the Congress leadership]Sangma said, when asked whether he had tried to discuss the problems with the party leadership before switching to Trinamool.
The former chief minister said election strategist Prashant Kishor had approached him to join the Trinamool. The two sides held several rounds of talks and it was a “long-running task”.
He said, “We did a little research on our part too… and saw if it was possible to connect with someone. Then he (Prashant Kishor) also suggested… that you should visit this particular place (Trinamool).” What is needed is available,” Dr Sangma said.
The claim came on a day when the Trinamool – a spin-off of the Mamata Banerjee-led Congress – took on Mukul Sangma and 11 other Congress MLAs in a massive coup for the ruling party of West Bengal in the northeast.
Sources said the Meghalaya legislators handed over a letter to Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh at around 10 pm on Wednesday, informing them about the change in their position.
The development, which makes the Trinamool Congress the principal opposition party in the state, comes a day after Congress leaders Kirti Azad and Ashok Tanwar as well as Janata Dal (United) erstwhile Pavan Varma joined the Trinamool Congress in Delhi . Party chief Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the national capital at present.
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