Rahul as PM candidate not alliance opinion: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IBNS): Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said projecting Rahul Gandhi as a prime ministerial candidate was not the opinion of the alliance.
Speaking on the context of DMK leader M.K. Stalin proposing the Congress president's name as the alliance's PM candidate, Yadav said: "Someone expressing his opinion does not mean it is the opinion of the alliance."
DMK leader Stalin on Monday defended his proposal saying: "Projecting Rahul Gandhi for PM is the right thing to unite secular forces."
He said the credit for BJP's defeat in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh went to the Congress president.
Stalin had first made the proposal on Sunday. Quoting him, Tamil Nadu Pradesh Mahila Congress tweeted: "I propose we'll install a new Prime Minister in Delhi. I propose the candidature of Rahul Gandhi from Tamil Nadu."
He also described the PM Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre as 'fascist'.
"He has got the ability to defeat the fascist Modi government," he said.
The Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be held next year and the Congress is in the process of forming an alliance with regional parties to take on the BJP's might.
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