Doubts rise on Cong’s INDIA leadership

The results of the Bihar election, the sheer scale of the Grand Alliance or Maha Gatbandhan’s defeat, and the Congress’ inability to win seats in the Hindi heartland will likely alter the politics of the Opposition INDIA bloc, with a growing clamour for a change in leadership.

- Saubhadra Chatterj

The Congress won 6 seats of the 61 it contested in Bihar, for a strike rate of 9.8%.

it is clear that the Congress can't stop the BJP. The leadership position must go to a party which has a track record of defeating the BJP. Only Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has an unblemished record of defeating the BJP. Time has come for Banerjee to lead the Opposition group,” said Trinamool Congress's Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee. Another senior TMC leader pointed out that in six elections Banerjee has kept the BJP at bay in West Bengal.