A file photo of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Subhankar Chakraborty/HTKolkata: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi was taking initiatives to bring all the opposition parties on one platform to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and expressed confidence in his leadership. When pointed that most of the Congress vice-president’s initiatives had failed in the past, Aiyar said, “We (Congress) are in a difficult position. We are now in a better position to understand who will stand with us and who will go against us (in 2019),” Aiyar said, adding that the party still had two years to “strengthen” the coalition of opposition parties. The Congress had the expertise in running coalition governments or being a part of them, he said.

Source: Mint August 19, 2017 17:15 UTC