Mamata Banerjee, Not Rahul Gandhi: Trinamool On Face Of United Opposition
NDTV
Bengal Congress declined to attach any importance to the assertions of the Trinamool, saying it is too early to predict who will be projected as an alternative to Narendra Modi.
The bonhomie between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday hit choppy waters after the TMC claimed that party chief Mamata Banerjee, and not Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, has emerged as the face of the Opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Congress in West Bengal declined to attach much importance to the assertions of the TMC, saying it is too early to predict who will be projected as the alternative face to Narendra Modi.
The controversy erupted after the TMC's Bengali mouthpiece "Jago Bangla" ran a cover story with a headline: "Rahul Gandhi failed, Mamata is the alternate face".
"The country is seeking an alternative. I have known Rahul Gandhi for a long time, but I must say he has failed to emerge as an alternative face to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But Mamata Banerjee has been successful in emerging as an alternative face to Modi," the story quoted the TMC's Lok Sabha party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay as saying.
