Rahul Gandhi snubs Bahuguna for trying to please him
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made his displeasure known to leaders, who tried to please by demanding that he be declared party’s candidate of 2014 election, party sources.
He snubbed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna after his demanded that the Congress Vice President be soon declared the Prime Ministerial candidate of the party.
“I do not want to hear such a thing again,” an incensed Congress Vice President was quoted as saying while interacting with the PCC chiefs and the CLP leaders here during the two-day meet that concluded on Saturday.
Bahuguna’s suggestion was instantly greeted by several PCC chiefs and CLP leaders but they went silent realizing that it has not gone down well with the leader.
The meeting also saw Gandhi taking a dig at the party leaders aspiring to be Chief Ministerial candidates in various states saying “there were 200 CM candidates in Uttar Pradesh. There are even candidates for the UN Secretary General there.”
Congress had secured only 28 seats out of a total of 403 in the Assembly elections last year in Uttar Pradesh, which had come as a rude jolt for the party which had secured as many as 22 of the 80 seats in the Lok Sabha polls in 2009. Congress is out of power in the state since 1989. Later speaking to reporters, Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi dismissed as “unnecessary controversy” the issue raised by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister.
“This is an unnecessary controversy. We have made it clear again and again. Rahul Gandhi is the leader of the party for the future. Right now there is no question as Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister and … he will be in the post till 2014…. Let the time of elections come, let us see what happens.”
