M Veerappa Moily mentioned the Congress has to bear a significant surgical procedure to be aggressive (File)
New Delhi:
A day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP, senior Congress chief M Veerappa Moily on Thursday mentioned the Congress must bear a “major surgery” and never rely simply on legacy, asserting that the highest management should give primacy to ideological dedication whereas assigning duty to leaders.
Alleging that Mr Prasada had positioned “personal ambition” over every little thing else, Mr Moily mentioned the Uttar Pradesh chief’s ideological dedication was suspect from the start and the occasion profitable zero seats in West Bengal below his cost confirmed that he was incompetent.
In an interview with PTI, Mr Moily additionally mentioned the highest management ought to make a correct evaluation of leaders within the occasion, asserting that “one cannot make people leaders when they do not deserve it”.
The Congress has to rethink and re-strategise a few of these issues after which solely the occasion can transfer up, the previous Union minister mentioned.
“Properly reorganise the party with proper people in positions and not put incompetent people (in positions of responsibility) who cannot deliver. This is a lesson, the Congress needs to make an introspection in the face of the developments,” Mr Moily mentioned, making strategies for the occasion’s excessive command.
Asked if Mr Prasada’s exit from the Congress has a message for the occasion high brass, he mentioned they have to give significance to leaders’ antecedents, ideology and their method to the frequent individuals, whereas appointing them to positions of significance.
Mr Moily, who had instructed after the 2019 polls debacle that the Congress has to bear a significant surgical procedure to be aggressive, mentioned the occasion had lengthy delayed that “major surgery” and it was “needed right now, there is no tomorrow”.
“Next year we are facing assembly elections in seven states and then immediately parliamentary polls will be there after that (in 2024). If we don’t perform well in the seven elections we will have more difficulty in the general elections,” Mr Moily instructed PTI.
“The Congress should not just hinge upon legacy, but we need to readjust ourselves and prepare ourselves for competitive politics played by (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi. It is not that PM Modi is undefeatable, he can be defeated by putting our party back on track. Major surgery is needed right now, there is no tomorrow,” he asserted.
Mr Moily was among the many group of 23 leaders together with Prasada who had written to interim President Sonia Gandhi in August final 12 months urging an organisational overhaul of the occasion. However, he had distanced himself from the Jammu meet of the G-23 and has backed the management of the Gandhi household.
Asked if the query mark over the management challenge within the occasion with Sonia Gandhi being the interim chief since August 2019 was posing issues for the occasion, Moily mentioned that with Sonia Gandhi on the helm, she will be able to encourage and take selections.
“We have a leader, so that is not an issue. With Sonia ji at the helm, there is no vacancy. She has to step up and perform the major surgery on the party. She has the determination, capacity and she can inspire the cadres,” Mr Moily mentioned.
He asserted that whereas kids should be promoted within the occasion, ideological orientation needs to be checked out in giving duties.
“Their (the leaders”) history will have to be seen, their commitment will have to be seen, their dynamism, approach and experience needs to be given weightage,” Mr Moily asserted.
Youngsters should be inspired however their ambition needs to be inside the confines of the ideology of the occasion, he added.
Mr Moily burdened that management shouldn’t be given to opportunists who can betray the occasion and are usually not able to delivering.
Talking particularly about Mr Prasada’s swap to the BJP, he mentioned it was solely a query of non-public ambition in Mr Prasada’s case.
“He (Prasada) could not make a mark in UP even though the Congress had picked him up as a young leader. He did not come up to the expectations,” Mr Moily mentioned.
On Mr Prasada being made the AICC in-charge of West Bengal final 12 months, Mr Moily mentioned if an individual with no means is chosen, “ultimately the result will be zero”.
“Sometimes we also make a mistake and select wrong leaders who are not capable of delivering. Just because they speak in good English we think they are good leaders. We want mass leaders who can speak the language of the masses, which some of the leaders like Jitin Prasada were not speaking,” he mentioned.
“By choosing such people as state in-charges, that is how the party suffers. It was a totally wrong choice (to name Prasada as West Bengal in-charge). I knew that in such a big state like West Bengal with the Congress in a bad shape, a man without any experience and mass base, without a proper approach, who cannot articulate the Congress ideology, if given the charge, there would be failure,” Mr Moily mentioned.
On the rumblings being confronted by the Congress in its Punjab and Rajasthan models, Mr Moily mentioned everyone must be taken into confidence and the occasion should rely upon individuals who can ship the products.
The saga of defections within the Congress, which started forward of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, continues unabated with Prasada leaping ship on Wednesday, triggering hypothesis of additional exits.
Mr Prasada adopted within the footsteps of his former Congress colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia who give up the occasion to hitch the BJP in March final 12 months.
