Congress cought in political compulsions

With Congress to send in its reply on Sonia Gandhi's speech to Election Commission on

Tuesday, party spokesperson Shakil Ahmed insisted that the response to the poll watchdog would explain the position.

Facing a barrage of questions, Ahmed sought to strike a conciliatory note by claiming that "there is no contradiction between what the two have said."

The Congress's dilemma gave BJP an opportunity to point out that the former was caught in its political compulsions. "Congress initially said the comment was not about Modi. But then it realised that it would send a wrong signal to its votebank, that Gandhi was backing away from accusing Modi of violence," said a senior BJP leader.

BJP general secretary and the in-charge of Gujarat, Arun Jaitley, said, "Sonia Gandhi may not have taken any names, but the innuendo was clear enough. That is why the remark is very inappropriate."

BJP is satisfied that its pressure on the commission had paid off. The party pressed its point with the commission by submitting its complaints by mail, fax and also getting a receipt of delivery from the poll panel. This made it difficult for the commission to avoid issuing a notice on Gandhi's campaign speech.

Attempting a safe passage out of the two very different stands, Ahmed tried to argue that both were actually complementary to each other.

Asked repeatedly about who Gandhi had in mind, Ahmed said, "She meant the system in

Gujarat and those behind it." He then said there was no doubt as to who it could be. “Modi is running the system in Gujarat," he said.

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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