PTI, KOLKATA: Senior Congress leaders should now act as “mentors and not tormentors” and the party should ensure that young leaders take over the reins before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, party leader Jairam Ramesh has said. He said the Gujarat Assembly poll results was an indication that the party was making a comeback and observed that Rahul Gandhi is a “full-time politician” post-Gujarat.
“The old people in the Congress should now act as mentors and not tormentors. These are the people who can advice, guide. They have seen the world and have a role in Parliament, but you have to get younger people too…” he told PTI.
He was here to attend the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary meet. Asked if senior leaders in the party should bow outbefore the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said, “There are young leaders like Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gaurav Gogoi, Sushmita Dev, we should project them.”
