His statement comes barely 24 hours after he had said the Congress “will not make an issue” if the Prime Minister’s post is not offered to the party. “We are not going to make it an issue that we [Congress] will not let any other [leader] to become the Prime Minister if it is not offered to us [Congress],” Mr. Azad had said late on Wednesday evening in Patna. Narendra Modi is also not going to become the Prime Minister for the second time,” he said. “In absence of first hand information, I will not like to confirm or deny so far,”said Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala who also sought to downplay Mr Azad said about leadership position. Senior Congress leader like Ahmed Patel and Mr Azad are believed to be working on a plan to reach out to BSP chief Mayawati, Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who have shunned publicly shunned Congress overtures in the past.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2019 17:37 UTC