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BJP dares Rahul to become PM
Sunday January 29, 2012 08:53:30 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: The Bharatiya
Janata Party Sunday dared Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
to become India's prime minister, saying it would reveal his
"capability" to run the country.
"Let Rahul take the prime minister's seat. The whole country will
see what he is capable of doing and how much capability he has to
run the country," BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a
press conference here.
"There is not much that he is required to do for riding on to the
PM's office. All that Rahul needs to do is to ask Manmohan Singh
to step down and then go and occupy the chair," he said.
"After all, the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) still has two
years to go, so let him show what mettle he has," he added.
Prasad was reacting to his Congress counterpart Abhishek Manu
Singhvi's remark that Rahul's leadership in the Uttar Pradesh
elections has come like a storm to take the Congress party on the
road to victory.
Out to run down the Gandhi scion, the BJP spokesman said: "I would
like to cite an example of what Rahul's much-hyped campaign did at
the state assembly elections in Bihar."
"The Congress lost its deposit in 17 of the 22 places that he led
the party's campaign (in), while its overall tally came down from
nine to 5."
Reacting sharply to Prasad's remarks, Singhvi who was also in town
said: "The BJP leader's statement reflects how clearly his party
has realised the ground reality that the Congress is all set to
ride on to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2012 and will be back in
power at the centre too in 2014."
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