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Blame will be on Rahul if Congress fails in UP: Pawar
Saturday January 28, 2012 07:44:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Union
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said Congress general
secretary Rahul Gandhi will have to take the credit if his party
wins or the blame if it loses the Uttar Pradesh elections.
"If the Congress improves its position definitely credit will go
to him (Gandhi)... If he doesn't succeed he has to work very hard
for future. Public at large will pass the buck to him if he
doesn't deliver," the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief said
in a TV interview.
Pawar, a former Congress leader, whose NCP is a ruling partners in
the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), said the Congress had taken
a conscious decision to project Gandhi as the main star campaigner
for elections.
"I have not seen his meetings. I did not have any opportunity to
interact with him about the future of politics. But one thing we
have to accept is that he is travelling like anything. He is
addressing many meetings. How much response he is getting I don't
know unless I see his one or two meetings," the minister told CNN-IBN.
Pawar refused a comment when asked about Gandhi being projected as
the next prime ministerial candidate for the UPA.
"It's the decision of the Congress. The Congress is a major party.
The NCP is a small party. We are not in a position to create any
impact on the decision-making process of the Congress. Even after
getting good results I don't know whether Congress will project
him immediately... They might wait for some time... May be for the
next elections."
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