Positioning the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) as a vibrant Opposition party capable of taking on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) without an alliance with the Congress, VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday said it remained to be seen how long the different parties comprising the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc could remain united.
He reserving his harshest censure for the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Mr. Ambedkar who was addressing a public rally in Beed, demanded to know why Rahul Gandhi remained allied with Mr. Pawar given the latter’s affinity to industrialist Gautam Adani.
“While Congress leaders keep praising Rahul Gandhi, they need to teach him decision-making. On one side Mr. Gandhi is agitating against Gautam Adani. He is certainly right there. But Mr. Gandhi has made a political alliance with the [Sharad Pawar-led] NCP which is saying there is no better man than Adani…Either you are with Adani or against him. Those who cannot take political decisions are incapable of combating Mr. Modi and Amit Shah,” said Mr. Ambedkar, criticising Mr. Gandhi’s alliance with Mr. Sharad Pawar.
