PTI, MATHURA: Priyanka Gandhi was made party’s general secretary because the Congress president Rahul Gandhi has “flopped” in politics, said an Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Sunday.
UP Power Minister Srikant Sharma also asserted that induction of the party president’s sister would not be able to revive the Congress’ electoral fortunes.
“Had Rahul not flopped, where was the need for bringing Priyanka?” Sharma asked in reply to a reporter’s question on Priyanka Gandhi’s possible impact in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Priyanka Gandhi is not a new face in the Congress, she has been canvassing for the party in Amethi and Rae Bareli since 1998, the minister pointed out.
“Her induction in the party would not make any impact in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections,” he said.
Sharma said the elimination of Congress from SP-BSP alliance is a testimony to the fact that the party is at the lowest step in the state politics.
“The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working for for poor, labourers, peasants etc., it would be difficult to penetrate his fort,” said the minister.
Sharma also sought to downplay the importance of grand alliance among the anti-BJP parties, terming it as a “caucus of corrupt”.
