With
growing speculations over the chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, the
Congress Party has ruled out vice president Rahul Gandhi's name, saying he is a
national leader.
Newly-appointed
party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told ANI that the party
would strengthen itself in Uttar Pradesh before declaring a chief ministerial
candidate in the key assembly polls early next year.
"Uttar
Pradesh chief minister will be announced at the appropriate time. Rahul Gandhi
is our national leader and there is no question of him being made a chief
minister," said Azad.
"We
will project a Congress face
before the polls, but only after getting the party strengthened in the
state," he said when asked about whether Priyanka Gandhi would be leading
the charge.
The
leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, who has been made in-charge of the
Uttar Pradesh affairs, said his party will work to alert people about the
forces, which divide them in the name of religion.
"In
the last one year, we have seen the way Muzaffarnagar incident happened and
Mathura and Kairana incidents took place. the kind of statements Uttar
Pradesh's BJP leaders are making, it stirs controversies, so these are just an
attempt to 'build-up' an atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh to divide people on the
basis of religion," Azad added.
He
further accused the Centre of failing to check those people who are dividing
society in the name of religion.
"On
the other side, they (Centre) is providing them assistance. The Centre is
itself involved in a conspiracy of dividing people in the name of religion for
the vote bank politics," he added.
He
further said several parties are involved in polarisation for the sake of
votes.
"It
would be better if they fight elections on their policies and
achievements," he added.
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Source: PTI
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