Shatrughan Sinha in favour of Mamata Banerjee as PM
Sinha on Monday said he would love to see West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the next Prime Minister of the country. Sinha, who is a member of the Trinamool Congress, headed by Banerjee, made the statement in response to a query as to how he saw Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a prospective Prime Ministerial candidate. «It would be very good for the country that at a time when we also have a woman as the President, we had a woman as the Prime Minister too.
A firebrand leader like Mamata Banerjee, who has a mass base, would fit the bill,» he told PTI here in an interview. Sinha, who represents Asansol in the Lok Sabha, however, hastened to add «who would be the Prime Minister is a decision that would be taken at an appropriate time. My point is to underscore that we, in INDIA, have no dearth of talent».
«We have youth icon Rahul Gandhi, in whom the nation sees its future. We have the modern day Chanakya — Sharad Pawar. And of course, we have firebrand mass leader Mamata Banerjee.
In contrast, the BJP-led NDA has none except Prime Minister Narendra Modi,» asserted the actor-turned-politician. Sinha, who quit the BJP four years ago and remained with the Congress for a brief period before joining the TMC, also asserted, «It does not behove the Prime Minister to mock our alliance with the use of terms like 'ghamandia' (proud)». «He speaks of issues like corruption and nepotism to criticize the opposition coalition.
As a former NDA insider, I wager that the BJP and its allies are second to none when it comes to nepotism. And their stand on corruption got exposed when they allied with those accused of corruption in Maharashtra by the PM,» said Sinha. «As I have said, we have no dearth of talent.
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