{"id":15859,"date":"2017-02-25T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2017-02-25T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T19:09:39","slug":"congress-a-crowd-around-a-fading-dynasty-arun-jaitley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/congress-a-crowd-around-a-fading-dynasty-arun-jaitley\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress, A Crowd Around a Fading Dynasty: Arun Jaitley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the Foundation Day function of Security Printing Minting Corporation of India Limited, in New Delhi, Feb. 17. (Kamal Singh\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Elated by BJP\u2019s good show in civic polls in Odisha and Maharashtra, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley took potshots at the Congress, saying it has become \u201ca crowd around a fading dynasty.\u201d \u2013 @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #BJP #IndianNationalCongress #RahulGandhi #NaMo #ArunJaitley #BMCPolls #India<\/p>\n

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The Congress party\u2019s stiff opposition to demonetization has cost the party dear as the government\u2019s decision got overwhelming support from the poor, the senior BJP leader said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

The BJP registered an unprecedented win in municipal elections in Maharashtra and made significant gains in eastern state of Odisha.<\/p>\n

Hitting out at the current Congress leadership, Jaitley said that if the current representative of the \u201cdynasty lacks the ability to lead the party or the country, the party suffers. It becomes a crowd around a fading dynasty. This now seems obvious in the case of the Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Congress, he said, has \u201clost its image as a responsible political organization.\u201d \u201cFrom a natural party of governance, it has moved to the fringe. Its policies have alienated its constituency of the poor aam aadmi<\/i>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Jaitley further said parties which adopt dynastic succession as an alternative to merit-based leadership creation suffer from a natural disadvantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cTall leaders do not grow in such parties. The strength of the party overlaps with the charisma of the current generation of the dynasty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Referring to note ban decision, the minister said the Congress\u2019 stand on demonetization of high value currency \u201cis costing it dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe poor have overwhelmingly supported demonetization.<\/p>\n

The Congress party has lost its traditional constituency of the poor electorate to the BJP,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n

He said the disruptive role played by the Congress in Parliament has projected it \u201cmore as a fringe rather than a mainstream political party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dubbing the Congress as \u201canti-reformist and anti-growth,\u201d Jaitley in the post titled \u2018The squeezing out the Congress Party\u2019 said it refuses to accept the reality that it is out of power now and scandals continue to tumble out from its rule between 2004 and 2014.<\/p>\n

Taking a dig at the current Congress leadership, he said \u201cthe strength of the party overlaps with the charisma of the current generation of the dynasty.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the Congress \u201cgot squeezed out\u201d in Odisha while it got pushed to the third and fourth places in most cities in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n

The finance minister stepped up his pitch, saying the Congress is not even a major contestant in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is struggling to survive by becoming the tail-ender in an alliance in these states,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Jaitley said many in the Samajwadi party were wondering if it is worth leaving 103 seats for the Congress in U.P. \u201cIs the Congress willing for an introspection as to why this is happening? Having denied to the Congress the position of being the ruling party, the electorate is now well on its way to deny it a role even as a principal opposition,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n

Buoyed by BJP\u2019s performance in Maharashtra civic polls, Jaitley said it shows the BJP is now capable of winning major states in its own right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first message of these elections is the BJP has become a pan-India party which is now fast spreading its roots even in the eastern and southern states. The forthcoming election for the Karnataka assembly will reassert this,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the Foundation Day function of Security Printing Minting Corporation of India Limited, in New Delhi, Feb. 17. (Kamal Singh\/PTI) Elated by BJP\u2019s good show in civic polls in Odisha and Maharashtra, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley took potshots at the Congress, saying it has become \u201ca crowd around a fading dynasty.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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