Impasse continues between Congress and Trinamool over presidential election

Several hours and explanations later, the social gathering thawed and attended the opposition assembly, solely to specify its reservations. Earlier than the assembly, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi had spoken to Trinamool’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee and Suresh had referred to as the social gathering to hunt help. The Congress stated there was no time for consultations as a result of they had determined to subject a candidate simply 10 minutes earlier than the deadline. The social gathering was upset by the BJP’s refusal to grant the opposition the put up of vice-president or to confess its declaration to occupy it.

This morning, the federal government, while looking for consensus for Om Birla, made it clear that they weren’t contemplating a vice chairman place for now. Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, who accepted the duty of being the chief of the opposition, stated: “Rajnath Singh referred to as up Mallikarjun Kharge and requested him to increase help…the whole opposition stated we are going to help him, however, the conference is that “the vice chairman ought to be on our aspect. Rajnath Singh stated he would name once more… however, he hasn’t achieved so but… The prime minister is asking for cooperation, however, our chief is being insulted.” The Trinamool, which by no means had the very best relations with the Congress, had suspended its membership within the INDIA bloc within the run-up to the elections after a dispute over seat sharing in Bengal. After the elections, they returned to the fold and right now was the primary day after the outcomes, when unrest took over the alliance. It was not simply Trinamool. Sources stated after the assembly that alliance leaders had harassed that they weren’t knowledgeable about Sonia Gandhi’s determination to nominate her son Rahul Gandhi as opposition chief.