CMs’ quartet works to show Congress its place
Discusses strategy to snatch away Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s post from the largest Opposition party in the coming poll
Outmanoeuvring the Congress in more ways than one, the quartet of Chief Ministers, apart from reaching out to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday night, discussed the strategy for the upcoming election of the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, concluding that the Opposition nominee will not be from the Congress.
After having gone through all permutations and combinations, the quartet appeared to be in favour of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), a fence sitter. If the Opposition backs a BJD member, then the battle tilts in its favour.
No concession
The Congress now has 51 members in the Rajya Sabha. It is the second largest party in the House after the BJP (69), but clearly the regional parties are in no mood to offer it any concession.
It was no coincidence that Telugu Desam Party MPs at Andhra Bhavan, where the quartet met, were already ready with printouts of Opposition and ruling party numbers. According to sources, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had spoken on phone earlier and planned to discuss the figures when they meet. Going by the figures, the Opposition has a slight edge with 115 members and the ruling dispensation has only 108. The key however is with the undecided 17 —the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (six), the YSR Congress Party (two) and the BJD (nine).
‘Comfortable with BJD’
“Both the TRS and YSR Congress Party have been hobnobbing openly with the BJP. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao did not even attend the swearing-in ceremony of H.D. Kumaraswamy. Out of these three, we feel most comfortable to back the BJD,” a TDP MP said.
Ms. Banerjee has already made it clear that she will not work in an Opposition led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The TDP, which left the National Democratic Alliance recently, is not comfortable working with the Congress. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is a known Congress baiter, and the Kerala lobby headed by him within the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been consistently stalling any move for an alliance or understanding with the Congress.
Incumbent Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien retires on June 30. The Congress has already decided not to renominate him and has handed over its seat to the Kerala Congress(M).
The election to the post has to be finalised before the beginning of the monsoon session in July third week. The Congress has held the post for the past 10 years.
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