Cong's smart move for unity

Congress Party is ready to forgo PM candidature claim prior to LS elections so that no hurdle could come in uniting all the opposition parties under one banner of Mahagathbandhan against the ruling BJP-led NDA. Though Congress President Rahul Gandhi had expressed that if his party emerged as the largest single party, he would be PM. He said this in reply to a question. Congress Working Committee had also decided to project its natural choice of Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate in the elections. But now observing that no unanimity among the opposition parties could be reached with Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate before the Lok Sabha elections, it decided to take decision on this issue after the result of Lok Sabha elections who should lead the opposition. It means that this contentious issue of leadership will be decided post poll. It clearly reflects that Congress party is bent on uniting all the opposition parties against the ruling BJP-led NDA. Its main aim is to unseat the Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha elections. Leaving the issue of Prime Ministership to be decided post-poll is a smart move of the Congress Party. The party which emerges as the largest after the elections will lead the coalition. One thing is also crystal clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the single most powerful leader in the country. The ruling BJP has a great asset in him. No leader from any opposition party stands anywhere before him. Currently, there is no match for PM in the country so far as the leadership issue is concerned. It is a good move by the Congress party that it has left the decision on the issue of combined opposition party for PM candidate post poll. Otherwise, the Lok Sabha elections might turn out to be on presidential cult in which PM is much taller than any other leader from the opposition camp. The elections will be fought as presidential one where personality matters and every other thing takes the back seat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the undisputed leader of his party whereas there are as many claimants for the PM candidate as the parties constituting the Mahagthbandhan are. Some parties in the opposition camp are in no mood to accept Rahul Gandhi as their leader their leader. So, Congress realized that it is not important that who leads the opposition camp but to unseat PM Modi from power in Lok Sabha elections 2019. Currently, there are at least 7 to 8 claimants for the post of PM. But the decision is to be taken on the issue of leader when the result will be announced. Whichever party emerges as the largest one its leader will lead the coalition or Mahagathbandhan. As far as stature of PM Modi is concerned, it has no match in the opposition parties. PM Modi's charismatic personality holds the audience spell-bound. He connects with the people in one go. His speech is very appealing and his track record is unblemished. Congress has to unite the opposition parties to give a formidable challenge to BJP. Otherwise, PM Modi’s victory juggernaut is impossible to stop.